31.  Authorities supposedly looking out for our collective health ought to divert their attention for an instant and look in the direction of people like Madame Mikus-Klemm.

32.  Attention was diverted to mood, which is stoked most effectively by a mix of electronic music, pipes and classical passages.

33.  Balancing the books also allows Chretien to divert attention from the growing discord in the French-speaking province of Quebec.

34.  At times of domestic political turmoil, both sides have cited a perceived, or fabricated, threat from the other to divert public attention.

35.  Besides, Wiesel said, he was concerned about diverting attention from the person he really wanted pardoned, Jonathan J. Pollard.

36.  A successful summit could provide a boost to anxious Democrats struggling to divert attention from the sex and deception scandal that has dogged Clinton since January.

37.  Al Gore stumped today against a backdrop of growing international tensions that threatened to divert attention from the presidential race.

38.  All the spending to bring in new clients has diverted attention from customer service, Payne said.

39.  All the mayhem diverted attention from the main event - the Lakers thoroughly dominating the Knicks for a season sweep of their potential sparring partner in the NBA Finals.

40.  Bush may have wanted to turn up the volume on Osama again to divert attention from law enforcement failures to get any break in the anthrax and hijacking cases.