71.  Did they deliberately pick such a day to honor Parish, knowing that the attention would be diverted elsewhere?

72.  Despite their steadfastness in the fight over service fees, band members have complained that the controversy has diverted public attention from their music.

73.  Each of the eventual Arab combatants also had an incentive to keep the heat on Israel in order to divert attention from the home front, Oren writes.

74.  Efforts to pressure and isolate Cuba simply give the leaders a pretext to continue their repression and allow them to divert attention from their failures.

75.  Either they look petty and nasty, torturing the president when he is down, and diverting attention from the serious choices facing America.

76.  Even beating USC would not blot out that memory entirely, said Wong, but it might at least divert attention.

77.  Emphasis on the race is diverting attention from the important contributions genome data are already making, he said.

78.  Experts say the narrow debate in Congress has diverted attention from the need to overhaul aviation safety.

79.  Fehrnstrom said the memo diverted attention from a published report alleging a connection between Cellucci and utility lobbyists.

80.  For his part, Reuter argues that legalization has become a straw man that diverts attention from the messy task of reforming regulation.