61.   Stenstrom, ever modest, deflects the attention diplomatically.

62.   That letter appeared to be part of a Soviet publicity campaign to deflect attention from a hunger strike by Sakharov.

63.   The Christian Coalition has not wavered in its opposition to gambling, but Robertson no longer appears interested in deflecting attention from his racing pursuits.

64.   The commercial aspects also deflect attention from the fact that this story has almost no center at all.

65.   The controversy, with its roots in the volatile Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and subsequent pullouts deflected attention from the ambitious effort to fight intolerance anywhere.

66.   The U.S. State Department dismissed the tapes as a means of deflecting attention from ongoing investigations into charges of narcotics corruption.

67.   They also agreed not to deflect news media attention from the wheelchair event.

68.   They also promised not to deflect news media attention from the wheelchair racers and to allow them to cross the finish line like everyone else.

69.   They called his news conference Thursday a public relations ploy to deflect attention from questions raised by the Journal article.

70.   Thin supporting characters never deflect attention from Jack and Harry, whose strenuous odd-couple relationship remains at center stage.