41.   L.A. rappers tell gangster tales to deflect attention from their lack of rhyming skills.

42.   No one will say so, but it probably pleased them to be presented with another controversy so quickly, thereby deflecting attention away from the Great Flag Flap.

43.   Or the group might be trying to deflect attention from the real mastermind.

44.   Perhaps she just wants to deflect attention to her skaters, not wanting to cast her own competitive shadow over Kirstin.

45.   Ramona Ripston of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California said she viewed the ouster as an effort by Riordan to deflect attention from his office.

46.   Political fireworks, such as dismissing the government, may deflect the attention from this harsh reality, but it also wastes invaluable time.

47.   Pretending that such applicants have academic skills they lack does nothing to resolve the real problem, and indeed deflects attention from it.

48.   Samper says he was not trying to deflect attention from his own political crisis by declaring a state of emergency on Wednesday.

49.   Secondly, analysts say Zedillo is trying to deflect attention from the lingering economic crisis in Mexico.

50.   She is also pretty effective at deflecting unwanted attention.