| 单词 | diversion |
| 例句 | At that moment there was a diversion in the form of a small, red-headed figure in a long nightdress, who appeared in the kitchen, gave a small squeal, and ran out again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t being nice,” I confessed, ignoring his attempt at diversion, looking down at my knees. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I would gaze stony-faced into the distance, beyond such adolescent diversions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But those things were diversions; they were not work. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “George caused a diversion by dropping another Dungbomb, I whipped the drawer open, and grabbed — this. ” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Soon, the lights and music of West Stave came into view, the canal choked with men and women of every class and country seeking diversion. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Nokomis cut new bark, made fancy overlaps and rain diversion flaps. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Some weeks previous, Mr. Sharpe had told my friend Private G—g that I was in demand to play with the orchestra gathered for the diversion of the officers and the consolation of the besieged. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Inside was a miniature city where endless diversions from the work-day world offered everything delightful. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z College for them was only a way station, a sort of youthful diversion. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Of these fifteen diversions, just three appeared to be still in existence nine years later. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Even my test mission to track Day must’ve been a diversion to distract me while they tossed out any remaining evidence. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “You can and must have pleasure and diversion, only I beg you, do not seek it in people of that kind. Your whole future depends on it.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Apparently Leo’s diversion with Buford the end table hadn’t worked—at least not for long. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Since Mohammed’s death, Mahmoud had been impatient, irritable, and so the kids had tried to find diversions outside their grieving home. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z So for diversion he acquired the habit of crawling back and forth across the walls and ceiling. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Reducing diversions even to 10 percent of total production, he calculated, would require a force of tens of thousands of inspectors fanned out across Russia’s vast territory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure exactly. The one thing that I might still be useful at is causing a diversion. You saw what happened to that man who looked like me,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Emasculated by dams and diversion canals, the lower Colorado burbles indolently from reservoir to reservoir through some of the hottest, starkest country on the continent. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “We split up. Caleb and I will run to the lab, and Matthew, cause some kind of diversion.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Our only diversions are reading, studying and listening to the radio. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Realized there was no need for a diversion when the Capitol has provided so many. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z No matter where they looked, it was great—an interruption of school routine, a diversion in the deadly order of the day. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d exhausted all means of diversion and was about to go back to her brother’s house when her phone rang again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The films were a wonderful diversion, a vivid escape from the bleakness of prison life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to come up with a diversion right away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Well, sir, we were actually preparing to break things down, but I think little Ahbo might provide an interesting, but brief diversion.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z During the day, Cleopatra arranged all kinds of activities and diversions meant to keep Mark Antony amused, and she never left his side for a moment. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He does not realize the attack is en echelon for a while; he thinks perhaps it is a diversion, and he will be hit on another flank. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “A diversion then, Butler. Two minutes are all I need.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Apparently the deluded occupants therein were indulging in some obscene diversion which amused them. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Not wanting to know the answer, he gathered his schoolbooks and decided facing the wrath of Father Mulrooney would be a welcome diversion. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z They had worked hard to eradicate customs that had begun to corrupt their society, banning even seemingly benign diversions such as a gaming machine, a simple gambling device that spit out candy to its winners. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Any diversion that took him away from his books or used up his time was a betrayal of the people he had sworn to serve. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I think I was sent up to the house as a diversion while they were getting rid of the lad I’d tried to murder that morning and the other chained man. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The precious firm footing made it the fastest route north, despite the diversion. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Everyone ready, please; I want us all to leave at exactly the same time or the whole point of the diversion’s lost.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I accepted that danger was an essential component of the game—without it, climbing would be little different from a hundred other trifling diversions. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Uriah was standing right in front of one of the explosives they set off as diversions. He’s unconscious and they’re not sure he’ll wake up.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Restorative justice is sometimes used in Alameda County as an alternative to criminal court for juveniles accused of felonies, a process known as diversion because the accused is diverted away from criminal court. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Our windows overlooked the stables, not the busy courtyard with its many diversions. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “We don’t make anyone do anything to get into the Smoke. But if you do want to help, Tally and I would appreciate it” “We just need a diversion,” Tally said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z According to our minister, Mr. Cornelius Barker, presents were a pointless, expensive, pagan diversion. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The logs were ignited at long distance through a trifling diversion of the energy beam that fed the public buildings of the city. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Bailey played on the country folks’ need for diversion. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My role was to create a diversion, ideally by setting the man’s truck alight, then running in a contrary direction. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The thing about a diversion is that it has to be diverting. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z For my seventeen-year-old brother, romance was an entirely new experience and a wonderful diversion from the ghastliness of ghetto life. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I stared out the window at a flock of sheep and wished for a diversion that would take my mind away from lamb and lentil salad. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Both Jeanne and Jacob silently resolved to grab as many of those old, tattered volumes as they could carry as soon as Michelangelo’s diversion began. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He related this as if visiting members of the international press were a regular diversion for us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was most important that these boats be constantly but quietly in motion, to provide diversion for the eye, peace for the ear. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Once at the church he would discover where the piece of tapestry was kept; then he would create a diversion of some kind. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As their stay at Grand Isle drew near its close, she felt that she could not give too much time to a diversion which afforded her the only pleasurable moments that she knew. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z There was also the warming diversion of going to the library to play ping-pong beneath Wyndham Lewis’ stern drawings of Naomi and her children. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Actually, I’m what a romantic movie is to a profound thinker—a mere diversion, a comic interlude, something that is soon forgotten: not bad, but not particularly good either. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z On Saturday evenings the farm got together for a common meal and diversions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Would it be possible for you to create some kind of diversion while I’m getting the tapestry? Could you keep the rats occupied, Basil?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Yet even with the diversion of a young lady and her family, he still is homesick. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z As part of the diversion program, Hurley was permitted to work during the day and return to the center at night. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “You just drop one surreptitiously and it’ll run off and make a nice loud noise out of sight, giving you a diversion if you need one.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I want diversion, and I have done with men and women. Play.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Raj will ring the front bell to create a diversion. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z The mood in the car was heavy, and at first I regretted having suggested the diversion, but the moment Dad saw the falls he was transformed, elated. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The Bible tells us that gardens preceded gardeners, but that was not the case at Pollsmoor, where I cultivated a garden that became one of my happiest diversions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What new legends had she and David created with their little diversion? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Although she worked a full-time job while in custody, most of her income went to repay the diversion program, not the underlying fine that put her in custody in the first place. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z On that same day, June 18, the post brought a diversion. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a thing in the way of diversions, nowhere to buy a book or even a magazine that didn’t involve speedboats, customized cars, or guns and ammo. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She had always assumed that politics was a youthful diversion, that I would someday return to the Transkei and practice there as a lawyer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the retelling, the swimming suits the participants actually wore were removed from the story and the innocent diversion became a nude debauch. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In the North, such a diversion from studies was unremarkable, but in the Jim Crow South, this was an act of revolution, an assault on the fundamental structure of Southern society. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That explained blitzball, that explained the nightly meetings of the Super Suicide Society, that explained his insistence that I share all his diversions. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it comes, that attack will be no more than a diversion. I saw towers by the sea, submerged beneath a black and bloody tide. That is where the heaviest blow will fall.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Just then, Neville caused a slight diversion by turning into a large canary. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The modern tourist industry, in the sense of people traveling en masse to a congenial spot and finding lots of diversions awaiting them when they got there, is essentially a White Mountains invention. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes there would be a small diversion, like the time Min sent him to the beach for seashells. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z In this fog he’d no doubt miss the man’s jacklight and twist his net up in the Islander’s prop, a long diversion from the night’s fishing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Will sprinted off - which was possibly the stupidest diversion Nico could imagine - and six of the guards chased after him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Even after diversion, the water gushes through irrigation channels so quickly that it can’t evaporate and build up salts in the soil. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “What we need,” said Hermione briskly as Thursday afternoon’s double Potions lesson loomed nearer, “is a diversion. Then one of us can sneak into Snape’s office and take what we need.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Maybe it would be a healthy diversion: inhaling sugar while listening to someone’s sordid past. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z In fact, staring at the floor, and the walls, and the light fixtures, is among the most reliably pleasurable diversions at “Queen of the Night,” and one that does not require curatorial assistance. Theater Review: Twisting, Touching and Teasing in ‘Queen of the Night’ 2014-02-03T03:00:01Z It is considered the diversion of rich, white people, which is not altogether wrong. The future of American skiing may be inside a New Jersey mall 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z "For me, a light diversion is sitting by a pool." Composer Thomas Adès devotes his downtime in L.A. to ... rehearsing 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Still, the lack of originality is offset by sheer silliness, including Classified and Skipper’s Abbott and Costello-style argument over whether there’s a long I in “diversion.” ‘Penguins of Madagascar,’ With Voice of Benedict Cumberbatch 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z “Their clashes with one another are entertaining, sure, but they’re a diversion from the more important conflict with their husbands and with male power.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z These were all welcome diversions from the same-old roasting, which — let’s face it — is often really more like baking or steaming when those beets are wrapped. Weeknight Vegetarian: Another treatment for a favorite vegetable As a diversion between sessions of “Call of Duty” or “Grand Theft Auto,” however, it more than does the job. Review: In ‘Powers,’ Bad Guys With Superhero Status 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The outages forced the diversion, delay or cancelation of more than dozens of flights, with 40 of Southwest’s scheduled landings and departures diverted or canceled alone. LAX terminal being evacuated 'out of abundance of caution' to rescreen passengers following power outage 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z "This program is in addition to the food scraps diversion program, which also supports our environmental efforts in reducing food waste." Disneyland to donate food during park closure amid coronavirus pandemic 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Plus, because of more security and more flights — which means more delays, cancellations and diversions — passengers are doomed to spend hours in an airport, a retail and gustatory purgatory with often vertiginous prices. We’re in the golden age of travel pillows. Too bad we hate them all. - The Washington Post 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z But mostly, these diversions seem rather tame: It’s not really all that much fun to chat with the seven deadly sins, for instance. Review: ‘Doctor Faustus,’ All That Heaven Won’t Allow 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Serialized diversions serve the national psyche in many ways; this one acts as some kind of retro mirror and release valve for present-day tension cloaked in late '70s cinematic style and comic book-influenced storytelling. Want to punch a Nazi? Amazon's "Hunters" is the show for you 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z You may feel that phoning someone you care for at this point and being offered consolation and diversion would be dandy – it won't. Rooms not of one's own 2010-04-13T09:37:00Z Yet with all those diversions, families flocked to the concert hall. Cherry blossoms decorate Orchestra Day in Japan 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The future’s diversions were so absorbing that they commanded attention over everything else. Review: Peacock’s ‘Brave New World’ Is Neither Brave Nor New 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Although the Goat Lady experience was what drew us to the area, Asheboro, 15 miles south of Climax, offers other diversions. For these N.C. farm owners, making cheese is just kid stuff It is an entertaining diversion, but little more than that. "John Wick: Chapter 3" is easy to like, but hard to love 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Sheets of punch-out paper extras—among them Christmas trees and Marine One, the presidential helicopter—are part of the package, making the book an interactive diversion. Tour the White House at Home with a New Pop-up Book 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The book’s discussion of this historical context is too brief to be anything but an enjoyable diversion, but it does throw up some instructive tidbits. It’s Comments All the Way Down 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Having announced last year that he will no longer appear in Michael Bay's action series about warring giant robots, LaBeouf has made a definite diversion into higher-brow fare. Shia LaBeouf in talks for Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac 2012-08-09T10:48:14Z Cartoons are generally rubbery, gag-driven diversions not beholden to laws of physics or logic. "BoJack Horseman": Life's hilarity and pain, illustrated 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z For many Victorians in both the United States and Britain, those parlor gatherings were a passing diversion, but for others, efforts to commune with the dead proved more sustained and far more serious. The Victorian Women Who Pierced Glass Ceilings by Speaking to the Dead 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z I knew that it would mean a diversion from what I was doing. From Soweto song to Porgy and Bess 2012-07-16T10:23:45Z “I decided it was the most genius party diversion ever,” she wrote in an e-mail. Don?t Judge Us, We?ll Judge You 2011-03-09T20:24:51Z It was one of the highlights of my summer, a perfect warm-weather diversion in a small, bucolic theater. ‘On the Town' Revival Opens on Broadway 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z “The Sea Beast” doesn’t earn its nearly two-hour running time; it easily could have stuck the landing if only it had fewer diversions. ‘The Sea Beast’ Review: Of Monsters and Men 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z It also reveals the ways in which race can be used as a diversion to keep well-intentioned individuals from clearly seeing the workings of white institutionalism that are steadily corroding human rights and personal freedoms. Solidarity with Black Lives Matter: Asian Americans speaking out against police brutality 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z The audience, at home in bed in need of diversion, is betrayed. | The Joylessness of Sex on TV 2013-05-28T13:30:29Z This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Ringstrasse, the grand boulevard that encircles the monument-dense First District, where visitors traditionally find most diversions. What to Do in Vienna 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Ibargüen said that criticizing the spread of private art museums and their supposed diversion of wealth away from their public art brethren was “exactly wrong.” Art Basel Miami Beach: Cracks in the Glittering Facade 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z The story pans out in a long, involved and more than faintly preposterous style, though with a few procedural diversions along the way. Jack Reacher – review 2012-12-20T15:29:01Z Today, an international economy exists to fill our time with images, stories and other diversions. The Movies Are Back. But What Are Movies Now? 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z "I can't tell you what it is, but it gets me every time I've seen it. It's wonderful and it's a little diversion from what I've done, but it works so beautifully." Doctor Who fan creates new TV titles 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z It's a pleasant diversion but, comparatively, a disappointment. Review: `Brave' is beautiful but plays it too safe 2012-06-19T00:23:16Z Reviewing it, Maya Phillips says that “the book, fittingly, feels utterly of the mind, with its anxious inquiries and connections and diversions, not to mention all of Rankine’s brilliance.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Like Amanda Levete's timber wave in 2011, it will be a striking object – but could such expensive sculptures not do more than provide a brief diversion, purely framing design as spectacle? What's the point of architecture and design festivals? 2013-06-21T16:59:00Z Perhaps the perfect diversion for her, as it was for more than a few women I’ve known well, was to abandon some relationship to the “spiritual” and veer a thousand per cent toward the material. Going to the Movies with Jackie Kennedy 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Her offbeat diversions on the child-like shirts of William III and the enormous 54in-waist breeches of George IV were unexpectedly telling. The Hoarder Next Door; How Royal Illness Changed History – TV review 2013-04-16T06:02:02Z With many a white-sand beach and tropical jungle, its archeological sites and bustling boardwalks, you’ll never be at a loss for a diversion. These Are the Friendliest Cities in the World 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z The best diversion, however, may be about 500 feet from the tower. Heads Up: In Dubai, a View From the Burj Khalifa 2011-03-25T18:55:00Z After a while even the festive parade of outlandish costumes, among the show’s more reliably entertaining diversions, begin to feel stale and overworked. | 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert': With Song in Heart, Pompoms on Head 2011-03-21T02:02:00Z Singer Chris Young said a special Opry show Tuesday night at the War Memorial Auditorium was a welcome diversion for many residents. Nashville's famed music quieted by flooding 2010-05-05T15:47:00Z One of these December paperbacks might be the comforting diversion you need before gearing up to enjoy all the season has to offer. December paperback releases: 7 books to read now 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z For most players, it’s probably harmless, innocent diversion. How I Became Addicted to Online Word Games 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z But if you're in need of some lunchtime diversion, here's something you might try. Raise your IQ on your lunch hour 2012-10-19T00:08:24Z This method strands him on occasion, but he meets people wherever he stops, and he stops constantly — for food and diversion, in search of whatever it is that drew him to the road. Rediscovering the World of ‘Blue Highways’ 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Arguably, this interactive monument to American diversions, or this arcade revival — whatever you want to call it — by any name does not amount to more than kitsch. A pinball museum? There has to be a twist. 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z For an airy, refreshing summer diversion, you need no more. Review: A Sweet Take on British Identity Returns to PBS 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Seeking diversion from work one recent evening, I quickly assembled a playlist featuring my favorite recordings of music by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, then sent out a link on Twitter. Spotify?s Classical-Streaming Service Takes Baby Steps 2011-08-27T04:00:27Z Growing up in a rainy mill town in Lancashire, with little in the way of diversion, our cultural diet consisted of Heathers, The Craft and other moody 90s films. Witch ways: knowing your heart’s desire is modern witchcraft 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Then a diversion into why he ceased to be involved with the Occupy movement, before summing up: "I think I probably come across a bit dark." John Murry: 'We praise self-destruction' 2013-06-04T18:00:01Z She also devotes several pages to elaborate descriptions of their custom-built estates — a diversion that seems odd until you remember that Bolick was formerly executive editor of the home-décor magazine Domino. In 'Spinster,' Kate Bolick explores making a life of her own 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Right now, BeReal feels more like a group activity than a full-fledged social platform, a low-stakes diversion that, despite its direct demands, doesn’t ask for much. This New Social App Is Boring, in a Good Way 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Midway through my conversation with the poet Morgan Parker, she suggested a diversion: “Do you want to get tattoos?” Morgan Parker Gets a Tattoo 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z For him, dream groups are more about diversion than self-knowledge or connection. Dream Discussion Groups Are the New Book Clubs 2010-07-09T21:03:00Z He began drawing as a diversion during the German occupation of World War II, when his family went into hiding at a lakeside retreat to protect his father, a publisher, from conscription intoforced labor. Dick Bruna, illustrator who delighted young readers with Miffy the white rabbit, dies at 89 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z “But in addition to that,” she added, “the Department of Justice was provided mountains of documents that verified the $16-million-plus of cash diversions, including proceeds of sales not paid to artists.” Ace Gallery Founder Arrested on Embezzlement Charges 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z If you are looking for a cheerful family diversion, this ballet delivers in abundance. Washington Ballet’s fast-paced ‘Nutcracker’ fits this town to perfection And “Tickled” delves into the not-so-funny side of a seemingly wholesome diversion. What’s On TV Sunday: ‘When We Rise’ and ‘Tickled’ 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z “WandaVision,” a pleasantly weird ornament on the narrative megalith of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is TV’s latest diversion from the pandemic and perhaps its best metaphor. ‘WandaVision’ Lives Inside TV. Just Like We Do. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z It can also be a respite, an escape, a sanctuary, a diversion and a travel companion. Reading Around New York 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z In this case, it may take you a while to perceive that glow, though you won’t want for diversion before you do. Theater Review: Conor McPherson’s ‘The Night Alive,’ With Ciaran Hinds 2013-12-13T03:00:09Z This historic allure persists in the decades of memorabilia on saloon walls, “conch-style” homes inhabited by famous writers and the never-ending diversion of the omnipresent pale-blue sea. 36 Hours in Key West, Fla. 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z In 2021's breakneck diversion "Nobody" he's Hutch, a retired special forces agent who resurfaces to tear through an army of thugs who threaten to hurt his family. Bob Odenkirk scores with "Lucky Hank," a frustrated guy who shares DNA with his "Saul" conman 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Same goes for this diversion in which Gillan's killer for hire, Sam, works for an organization known as The Firm. Netflix's "Gunpowder Milkshake" is another dumb fun lark about women who kill 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z But not everything in the show is so obviously violent; Ms. Bopape’s flickering, fluttering installation, for example, offers quieter, ghostlier diversions with wires, mirrors, fans, swaying white tassels and videos of a mysterious blaze. Kara Walker Is Curator of ‘Ruffneck Constructivists’ 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Buckley is condescending even to Norman Mailer, a far more dangerous diversion. Review: ‘The Jeweler’s Eye,’ by William F. Buckley Jr. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z I think we’d be talking about sudden, catastrophic blood diversion from the brain, fainting, face plants onto cement, concussions, traumatic encephalopathy, etc. Gene Weingarten: Gene’s got a color theory 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Late-night monologues were at best funny diversions, at worst toothless jabs pandering to the easiest stereotypes. Jon Stewart, Seamlessly Mixing Analysis, Politics and Humor 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z And women specifically have suffered because of the diversion of even feminist issues to focus more on white middle-class feminist issues. When anti-violence backfires 2012-06-02T15:00:00Z But enjoyable diversions at the scrappy Fringe can seem flimsy when they transfer Off Broadway, where the show opened at the Acorn Theater Wednesday night. | 'Abraham Lincoln?s Big, Gay Dance Party': Chris Smith Directs a Play More or Less About Lincoln 2010-08-12T03:30:00Z Readers gave L.A. high marks for its colorful people-watching—still a worthy diversion along the most famous stretch of its music scene, the Sunset Strip. These Are America's Best Music Scenes 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Certainly the reader doesn’t tire as we roam from Kremlin politics to the Tet offensive via diversions like the Hungarian uprising and the Munich Olympics. Books of The Times: The Flesh and Blood Behind the AK-47 2010-12-02T22:57:00Z With each level lasting three minutes, time pressure is central to the rising panic that ensues, but with an essentially repetitive nature, Link'n'Launch is more a mild diversion than a classic. This week's new games 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z Views aside, Basecamp couldn’t be better situated for summer or winter diversions. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: Basecamp in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. 2012-12-12T15:47:27Z Movies are, after all, generally conceived of as diversions from the humdrummery of every day life; as escapes from, or antidotes to, boredom. Why Andrei Tarkovsky’s interminably dull 1979 sci-fi masterpiece “Stalker” is the movie we need right now 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z She is often seated at the piano, providing musical diversion. Review: ‘The Dead, 1904’ Brings Existential Unease to the Party 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z But if you don't expect "Mad Men: The Movie," a mostly affable diversion awaits. 'Are You Here' is a gentle buddy movie with charm 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Yet Moby’s earnest dedication to the craft of writing — to creating a book enjoyable on its own terms — makes it harder to view “Porcelain” as merely the latest diversion for a wealthy dilettante. Moby goes where Brian Eno, and his ancestor Herman Melville, went before 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z We’re embarking with Godwin on an elite level of classical investigation, with forthcoming course diversions into more popular fare, such as the modern media world “Much Ado About Nothing” he’s planned for the spring. Review | ‘Timon of Athens’ is tricky Shakespeare. A fearless director gets it right. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z "I'm glad that I decided to do the show because it's been a diversion," the 42-year-old former Playboy model said in an interview with The Associated Press. Kelsey Grammer ex: 'Housewives' eased divorce pain 2010-10-14T17:20:00Z The whole novel comes across in that wounded, confessional tone, the voice of a man so overwhelmed that he can barely contend with the ordinary diversions of life. Review | Fresh off a Pulitzer win for ‘The Overstory,’ Richard Powers delivers another environmental ode 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z “At a time when politicians describe their opponents as enemies of the state, a comedy of office missteps and compromised principles—even one with relentlessly profane dialogue, such as ‘Veep’—is a diversion.” Sunday Reading: The Power of Political Satire 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z It'll be a bit tightly disciplined for some jazzers, and EST and the Bad Plus exhibited wilder diversions, but Trichotomy is an accomplished and contemporarily harmonious outfit. Trichotomy: The Gentle War ? review 2011-01-27T22:15:01Z For further criminous diversion, I spent one evening enjoying the hit film “Knives Out,” while noting the flaws in its intricate plot. Review | When the world was too much with me, here’s what I read for some R&R 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Screenwriting, by contrast, offered a diversion, like working a crossword puzzle. Joan Didion, ‘New Journalist’ Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z You need to learn new skills and fast – patience, diversion, absurdist comedy – and expect even these to fail, often. How to get your kids to 18, sane and not hating you 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z The book is not a narrative, but a platter of diversions and fascinations made by someone with a deep knowledge of East Asia in the 1600s. ‘Mr. Selden’s Map of China’ charts a fascinating course, circa 1600 2013-12-31T22:37:14Z And yet, Hastings writes, Churchill's "genius for war was flawed by an enthusiasm for dashes, raids, skirmishes, diversions and sallies." 'Winston's War': A different take on Winston Churchill 2010-04-28T23:49:00Z Add to this a fierce dragon rider and a war between East and West, and you’ve got a mesmerizing diversion for a cold February weekend. The 10 books to read in February 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Given the Donmar's exemplary musical track record, it is a bit of a shock to find them importing this flimsy, vacuous diversion. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - review 2011-02-22T02:09:02Z Joking, teasing and roughhousing — like making bread in an assembly line — are all just diversions to keep people from thinking about the final nothingness that awaits them. Review: ‘Toast’ Blends Farce With Kitchen-Sink Realism 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Millions of us lapped up Bundy’s mesmerizing duplicity as a diversion. Ted Bundy, "I Am the Night" and our secret obsession with psychos 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Summer diversion for theatergoers steeped in Kardashian lore and in a frivolous mood. Review: In ‘Katdashians! Break the Musical!,’ Cats Talk Like Kardashians 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Her shot ricochets off the window, but it might have been enough of a diversion for Catalan to miss his own shot at Kirkman. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 10: Fireworks 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Check your budget, grab your calendar and get ready for a season of delights and diversions. Fall Arts Guide | Stretching that budget 2010-09-08T05:59:00Z But they never add up to more than fine diversions. When Is a Comedy Special Also a Corporate Synergy Message? 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Walking provides just enough diversion to occupy the conscious mind, but sets our subconscious free to roam. One step ahead: how walking opens new horizons 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z After finishing a meal for grownups, I decided to shift gears to a diversion that none of the students had mentioned: shopping. Frugal Traveler: London, This Time Following in More Mature Footsteps 2011-04-05T20:00:38Z But for all its newfound depth, vacationers need not worry — shipboard intellectual fodder is still balanced by diversion. On Your Next Cruise, Put Down That Cocktail and Head to Class 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z He asks an imp what to do for diversion: "What Onan did." Collected Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer ? review 2011-08-11T13:30:02Z He examines sports, politics, crime and experiments like Biosphere 2, but he is primarily interested in the decade’s arts and diversions, delivered through endangered technology. Chuck Klosterman Rewinds to ‘The Nineties’ 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z In that vein, let’s recap a few diversions over the long weekend to help launch your summer. Memorial Day 2017: What to read, watch this holiday weekend 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Some other things happen: a car crash, a toppled tree, a beating, a murder, though many serve as diversions that needlessly overextend the storytelling. ‘The Smuggler’ Review: A Barman’s Rambling Yarn 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Can opera ever be more than a diversion for people with too much money and too little taste? How I fell out of love with opera 2010-05-27T21:00:00Z But Cuomo didn’t let her diversions get in the way of the interview. We rank Kellyanne Conway’s 5 best interviews 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z It was upmarket music hall, set in an exotic location, and it was a perfect diversion from the sub-zero temperatures outside. Le Corsaire 2010-08-03T20:30:00Z But enough of the shorts provide a pleasant diversion. "Berlin, I Love You" won't bring you down 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Others, meanwhile, praised the staff as being “amazing” during the ordeal, with some acknowledging that the diversion was beyond the staff’s control. United Airlines passengers stranded on plane for over 14 hours at freezing airport in Canada 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Once again, for reasons best left to him and his therapist, he has created a pop diversion about the near-destruction of the world. Movie Review: In ‘White House Down,’ Channing Tatum Rescues the Nation 2013-06-27T20:33:58Z Let’s just say that we staged our own pop-album cover photo shoot in the driveway — my favorite girlfriend getaway diversion. Why the often-parodied girls’ weekend is needed now more than ever 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The word suggests that these were little diversions. Review: John Zorn Brings Avant-Garde Style to the Stone 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Such casual descriptions are a diversion from the book’s heartbreaking stories but such generalizations compromise the otherwise powerful reporting. Review | Our food shopping habits have human and environmental costs. ‘The Secret Life of Groceries’ adds them up. 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z It's simple — “Claws” is cheeky, subversive, outrageous, and smarter than the average summertime diversion. Smart Watch: "Pose" returns with a season demanding to be seen 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z It’s Tarantino’s homage to the countless actors and stunt men whose names we’ve now forgotten or never knew who gave us a few minutes of simple diversion before we flipped to another channel. Quentin Tarantino's artful pulp: On alchemy, fantasy and "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z But the steady lower dose of nutrients allows grass to build strong roots without sudden diversions of energy to leaf growth. Tips on mowing, fertilizer and other things to make your lawn green and healthy 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Theater is often viewed as a diversion for moneyed classes of a progressive bent in cosmopolitan places. ‘They just told my story’: What happens when a play about union busting tours Rust Belt cities 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Of course, context matters; in “Black Friday,” we are looking at a Western phenomenon transplanted to the rising cities of the Gulf, a mass diversion with additional imperialist baggage. ‘Black Friday’ Shares Sophia Al-Maria’s Vision of Gulf Futurism 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z They may think they’re tuning in for that new diversion everyone’s been talking about, and be shocked to discover that they’ve somehow been transported to some hoity-toity gallery in a quaint pop-up village. But . . . is it TV? “I Love Dick” aspires to make high art for the small screen 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Ellis suggests dubious oil trading in Switzerland might enable the diversions. No fantasy 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Checking them all out — from J. S. Bach to Joseph Beuys — made an absorbing diversion in the Act I Prelude. Review: ‘Meistersinger,’ Wagner’s Playful Paean to Culture, in London 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z The whole enterprise is pure dumb diversion, to be honest. American spirit, as seen on TV via "The Masked Singer" and "The Titan Games" 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Washington also teems with competition for audiences increasingly lured by a burgeoning restaurant scene and the cyber circus of online diversions. Be serious: Can tough-minded theater survive on D.C.’s big stages? 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Actually, he said, it feels better than that — like a diversion, a vacation, a blast. The Tipsy Diaries: And Now for Our Special Tonight: The Bartender 2011-04-14T16:46:23Z The music composed for between acts or scenes is like the between-inning diversions such as the Presidents Race, the seventh-inning stretch and the choosing of the fan of the game. Rossini’s ‘Cinderella’ on deck at Nationals Park 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Generally I spend weeks thinking about it in an idle way, a pleasing diversion from whatever else I’m supposed to be doing. Stress-Free Stews 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Naturally, a good deal of theater in the last year was offered as a pure diversion from the problems of the day — plays and musicals designed to keep us sane through laughter and delight. How theater should respond to a democracy in meltdown 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z He avoided a trial after completing a diversion program for minor sexual offenses. The last (porn) picture shows: Once dotted with dozens of adults cinemas, L.A. now only has two 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z I spent my three days there hiking, gawking at incredible vistas, swimming and sunbathing, but there are other diversions. Frugal Traveler: Spain's Mediterranean Beaches Offer a Different Kind of Paradise 2011-05-24T19:52:36Z The 60-something Shields is candid about his sensual diversions: peep shows, massage parlors and sex shops. Review | ‘The Trouble With Men’ offers an intimate look at its subject 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z The visual diversions he brought to what might otherwise have seemed taxing musical experiences did much to dispel the impenetrability often associated with avant-garde jazz over the course of the Kollektief's 36-year career. Willem Breuker obituary 2010-07-29T17:27:00Z What he charts for us is the landscape of a tortured soul, where every avenue of repose or diversion — the chairs, the swing — is eventually removed, and he is left entirely alone. Review | Akram Khan delivers a powerful indictment of war in ‘Xenos’ at the Kennedy Center 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z That camera might be part of a disguise, she said, a diversion, a trick. My son, the repeat offender 2013-01-24T18:16:00Z From islands in the lagoon to ancient towns of Padua and Verona, find plenty of diversions beyond the crowded canal city. Escape the Venice crowds with these memorable day trips 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z But until that state becomes completely attainable, the company’s members propose this virtual project — which depicts them out and about and together again — as a heartening diversion. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Some people are convinced that slime offers a deeper benefit than just diversion. Slime is everywhere. It’s everywhere. Slime is everywhere. 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z His frantic hunt is a kind of background diversion from the movies' main action, which never amounts to the same delight. Review: Family tectonics shift in fourth 'Ice Age' 2012-07-12T13:43:08Z A spokesperson for the budget airline was not immediately available to comment on the diversion. JetBlue passenger screams that plane will 'crash,' gets flight diverted 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z As celestial talk shows go, the one Parsons hosts on Broadway will satisfy his fans and provide diversion enough for those who don’t count themselves worshipers of his sitcom. Hi, God. It’s me, Jim Parsons. Oh, wait: I AM God? 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z I’m not going to call it a substitute, but I would say it is a good diversion. For Your Ears Only: Broadway’s New Stage Is a Mic 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Some found diversion in drugs, others in entertainment. 'The Great Silence': Britain's mourning and recovery in the wake of World War I 2010-06-02T22:39:00Z On a personal level, though, you have to wonder: isn't this something of a diversion for a film-maker who has put such value on elaborately intellectualised films, The Graduate foremost among them? Marc Webb: the latest director caught in Spider-Man's web 2012-06-21T20:00:01Z For our next Sonoma diversion, we visited the Goat Head promontory by the mouth of the wine-famous Russian River, on a tip that seals were sunning there. Fun day trips await across the Golden Gate Bridge in Northern California 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z He has a dog, “a diversion named Walter.” | Steve-O: His Latest Trick? Staying Sober 2010-10-08T17:17:00Z For most fans attending a baseball game is a summer diversion, an addiction, an act of devotion. The Art of Summer: Music of the Spheres (Whoosh! Thud! Crack!) 2011-07-20T15:27:07Z But with a low-budget tenor and a winking sense of humor, they invite you to join them in admitting, “Yeah, it’s ridiculous that we’ve turned medical trauma into a diversion for couch potatoes.” ‘Sex Sent Me to the ER’ and ‘Untold Stories of the ER’ 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z No date was announced for the referendum, which the previous government said would be a "costly diversion" when it amended the law on prison sentences five years ago. Ireland to vote on removal of blasphemy law last used in 1855 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z For a fun diversion, try looking for “Cape May diamonds”: small quartz stones that wash up on Sunset Beach near Cape May Point. A beachgoer’s guide to the southernmost South Jersey Shore 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z It’s too big now to just be a TV show, a diversion. Perspective | Was ‘Game of Thrones’ supposed to mean anything? Only if you wanted it to. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z In a number of those stories, justice becomes a piece of entertainment, a diversion, a game. Brett Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS rose ceremony: When networks help Trump win ratings, democracy loses 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z The city offers plenty of diversions, from sailing to shopping. Last-Minute Trips 2010-06-30T21:09:00Z All in all, it was an interesting diversion from the relatively limited Shuffle playlist that usually accompanies me. Apptitude: PaceDJ sets your workout to a suitable beat Mr. Pritzker couches some of this in the guise of genre convention, but he also has a weakness for empty diversion and blunt-force symbolism. Music Review: Satchmo?s Story, Music Substituting for Words 2010-08-31T22:25:00Z The “real” Las Vegas I’d been exploring was a diversion from another, just as real version: the Sin City of the Strip, the crowds, the resorts, the gambling. Lost in Las Vegas 2011-02-04T19:55:00Z After a conversation with a fellow trucker who’s “caught in the amber of class, education and diminished expectations,” Murphy offers a sharp diversion from the expected up-by-the-bootstraps allegories. Memoirs Take the Wheel 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Still ancient pieces of paper meant to be slapped up on a wall and forgotten, yet still here, still celebrating the diversions of another time. The Curious, Astounding Collection of the Magician Ricky Jay 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Almost immediately, it was filed away as, if not a disappointment, a lesser diversion. Maurice at 30: the gay period drama the world wasn't ready for 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z But though this group keeps winning awards in Germany, it relegates improvising to brief diversions from general chord-hammering, groove-pursuing, thundering climaxes too often. Tingvall Trio: Vagen – review 2012-07-19T21:21:01Z There comes a time, however, when grim drama created for the sake of realism, or just keeping the story going, is no longer a diversion. Why #Resistance TV shows are so hard to watch 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s a dazzling diversion rather than a great musical, the difference residing in its underwhelming assault on the gut. Review | ‘Hadestown’ ushers Broadway back to the Kennedy Center in style 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Lots of people are doing greywater diversion and using it to flush their toilets, but that just turns it black. Why the modern bathroom is a wasteful, unhealthy design 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z So, in the spirit of low-stakes diversion, here are 10 new series and specials that I think are worth looking at between now and Labor Day. Perspective | Summer TV: ‘Sharp Objects,’ ‘Yellowstone’ and other new shows worth a look 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z An interview with a photogenic young couple who gave up their rarefied royal life in Britain could have been merely a gossipy diversion. 2021’s notable moments on TV: Capitol riot, ‘Rust,’ Shatner 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Voted the second-ugliest building in the world, the Žižkov tower makes for an interesting diversion from the historic architecture of the centre. 10 of the best eccentric attractions in Europe: readers’ travel tips 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Twin Peaks' new season is already well underway, and fans are as confused as ever about the twists, turns and downright trippy diversions that the revival has taken. These Are the Movies and TV Shows We Want to See at Comic-Con 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z It was a lively diversion, though of little interest outside the film critics' fraternity. Andrew Sarris 2012-06-22T14:53:43Z Otis saw himself as curator of black popular music, which for him represented much more than a diversion or livelihood. Johnny Otis of 'Willie and the Hand Jive' dies 2012-01-19T18:01:06Z With its expensive hotels, groomed ski runs, designer boutiques and celebrity sightings, Gstaad may not seem like it needs another diversion. Art: Art Reaches New Heights in Alps 2014-01-31T17:50:24Z Thus the same episode may be interpreted as a simple diversion by some and a profound parable by others. Jordan Peele's "The Twilight Zone" is a spine-tingler for our darkest timeline 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Just immerse yourself in the extraordinary layers of detail, bizarre plot diversions and enjoy the way in which is it manages to be profoundly melancholic and incredibly funny at the same time. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z “Her children have flies on their eyelids and pot bellies, and her breasts are flat and empty. She must look utterly helpless. She can have no past, no history; such diversions ruin the dramatic moment.” Kenyan writer Wainaina, challenger of African stereotypes, dies at 48 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z It may also behoove us to quickly introduce a zingy new topic of discussion as diversion — e.g., Circa Now: Nice to Meet You ... Again 2013-06-28T20:32:17Z For most of the millions of people who watch TED videos at the office, it’s a middlebrow diversion and a source of factoids to use on your friends. Internet doomsday, explained 2012-05-16T11:45:00Z Influenced as much by Stravinsky as by Ellington or Gil Evans, and open to the wildest diversions from improvising soloists, Towns' explosive albums remain at the cutting-edge of big-ensemble jazz. F&M playlist 2011-01-27T22:15:01Z They were a diversion, something to make him feel like he was at least trying to find love. A ‘Royal’ Wedding in Brooklyn 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z But it requires substantial additional effort and active diversion from the worst. How to survive Election Day — and the aftermath — without losing it 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Just look at season two’s descent into Hannah’s OCD or the fourth season’s diversions both to Iowa for a few episodes and then a fixation on her father’s coming out. Goodbye Girls: Lena Dunham's era-defining HBO comedy bows out in 2017 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z It is just a pleasant diversion with some funny moments. Sandra Bullock charms in "The Lost City," which falls short of its screwball-comedy ambitions 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z They decided, however, that newly homebound audiences might embrace a diversion. Quibi tests market for quick-hit videos with A-list stars 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Boucicault’s melodrama was a great hit in its day but is now almost never performed, except possibly as a camp diversion for private amusement. Review: ‘An Octoroon,’ a Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Comedy About Race 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z This story isn’t about romance, but rather, a new dining diversion called Compass Rose. Compass Rose points to a world of flavors By day, on the other side of the peninsula from Juan-les-Pins, in Old Antibes, the medieval city center, the covered Marché Provençal offers another democratic diversion. On the French Riviera, Fitzgerald Found His Place in the Sun 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z It’s a flash filled with a wakening, amused awareness that whatever Mr. Ryan’s characters are seeing at that moment might hold previously undetected potential — for diversion, for intrigue, for excitement. Review: ‘Travels With My Aunt’ Taps Into a Hidden Sense of Adventure 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The main diversions are long, winding walks through the woods. In Finland, giving in to Moomin madness We love our electronic devices until they get old — or we tire of them — and we want a shiny new diversion. How to get rid of your unwanted electronic devices safely and responsibly 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Kidd, who fought on the Confederate side, travels from place to place, peddling a mix of diversion and information. ‘News of the World’ Review: Tom Hanks Does the Strong, Silent Type 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z As it stands, this courtroom drama has the feel of the kind of show CBS develops well, a lightly serialized episodic diversion structured around open-and-shut cases and carried by a solid lead. Law, be a lady: "Stumptown" leads the new squad of TV women fighting for justice 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z The rehearsals I attended were conducted at a professional level and went smoothly and efficiently, except for a slight diversion at the start of that Britten run-through on Saturday. National Youth Orchestra Prepares for Concerts 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Faith-based groups appeal to police to fight trafficking; police oblige by providing them with participants in their “diversion” and “rehabilitation” programs. Fighting sex trafficking with Jesus: How the religious right’s “healing” hurts 2014-04-27T12:00:00Z An epicenter of local culture, Main Street is only four miles from Naulakha and retains the architectural patina of Kipling’s time while offering engaging contemporary diversions. Where Kipling Reared Mowgli (in Vermont) 2010-03-18T22:09:00Z I’m getting good at improvising so I looked for other diversions. On New Zealand’s Stunning West Coast, the Beauty Doesn’t Stop 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Let’s return for a moment to Halloweens past, when diversions were more ... you’ll see in these excerpts from reports in the pre-digital Times. Weekend Entertainments From the Archives of The New York Times 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z He was reflecting the truth that how we express identity in virtual worlds is actually a fraught and complicated question disguised as an amusing game of diversion. What to Wear in the Metaverse 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z For a sizable portion of the TV audience, this sort of diversion is televisual pizza: even the worst doesn’t taste all that bad and will do just fine after a hard day’s work. 'Gotham' Recap: 'Batman' Before Batman 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Unknown isn't in the class of any of these films, but it does rise above Taken's generic revenge story to the level of marginally satisfying winter diversion. Unknown Review: Liam Neeson Gets Re-Taken 2011-02-19T02:45:00Z The new "Poltergeist" is a pleasant enough diversion, better as a low-simmer suspense story than a full-blown effects extravaganza. 'Poltergeist' remake haunted by its original version 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z It took a few years and diversions, but in 2001 he and Cabot Square Capitol, a private-equity firm in London, fell into each other’s arms. Rebirth In Verona: The New Palazzo Victoria Hotel 2012-09-07T15:57:34Z Much meaning was found in her resemblance to Scout, their shared summertime diversions with a clever boy from out of town and their common adoration of their fathers. Harper Lee, elusive author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ is dead at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z It's great when the show uses the undead like this, as weapons or diversions. The Walking Dead: season three, episode 14 2013-03-22T23:00:00Z But last week, I discovered a new and welcome diversion courtesy of Movement Research, the downtown experimental organization dedicated to the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. DanceAfrica, Dormeshia and Contact Improvisation (for One) 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z But the Loehmann’s ethos, especially in New York, is also a casualty of a heightened interest in acute specialization, the notion that shopping should feel more like cultural enrichment than commercial diversion. Big City: Closing of Loehmann’s Reflects Changes in Shopping 2014-01-24T21:12:30Z The more finely wrought diversions of “Little Dancer” occur when Stroman and her corps of dancers remind us that this is indeed a musical about ballet. ‘Little Dancer’ at the Kennedy Center, with the accent on ‘dancer’ The number, which seems like an outtake from another movie, is a playful diversion in a series of skits. Movie Review: ?Where Do We Go Now?,? From Nadine Labaki 2012-05-10T23:24:34Z While state fair sticks are a fun diversion, for backyard cooks the most common form of impaled food remains the kebab. Grilled kebabs: The secrets to perfectly done meat, vegetables and even fruit But hindsight suggests that it was also part of an attempted escape from reality, a sublimation, a magnificent, elaborate diversion from acute terrestrial problems. Perspective | The most stirring photo from the Apollo mission wasn’t of the moon. It was of the Earth. 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z If it’s diversion she wants, Carrie can always concentrate on her podcast. ‘And Just Like That …’ Is Back. Here’s What to Remember. 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z We see images from this movie, too, and while it cannot exactly be compared to the Alfred Hitchcock classic, it still provided a brief diversion from the interminably indulgent happenings onstage. Review: ‘Phaedra(s)’ Goes Psycho With Isabelle Huppert 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Wardle told the New York Times that he built the game for his partner, Palak Shah, as a simpler diversion than the New York Times’s Spelling Bee. Wordle is our new drug 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Otherwise, we could just as easily be in the late 1960s or early ’70s, in the confusing heyday of sexual liberation, when the hippest theatrical diversions in town were romantically cynical, or cynically romantic. Review: ‘New York Animals,’ a Musical About Intersecting Lives 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The marionettes are wonderful relics of Dada diversions. The Wandering Creativity of Sophie Taeuber-Arp 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Rarely has a transatlantic voyage and its limited diversions been so pithily evoked. Review | ‘French Exit’ gives a witty look at a rarefied world 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Florida Bay has not recovered from a great sea grass die-off in 2015 because of unusual salinity caused by the man-made diversion of fresh water away from the bay. Tears for the Magnificent and Shrinking Everglades, a ‘River of Grass’ 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Those are among the diversions my wife and I encountered on the Lochside Regional Trail, the bike path connecting Victoria with the tip of Vancouver Island’s Saanich Peninsula. Bike to Victoria, B.C.? On this beginner-friendly trail, you can skip the Clipper and leave the car at home. 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z In this instance, the topic was pretty much guaranteed to elicit denial, diversion or evasion from Ms. Jackson, who spent 23 uninterrupted years away from the stage and screen while working in government. Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z It wasn’t until they graduated and got jobs in separate cities that they discovered there would be diversions en route to happily ever after. Love Is in the Air, at Terminals and on Tarmacs, Too 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z So instead he embarked on a strategy of diversion. Motherlode: Making Childhood Memories 2011-02-08T20:41:23Z The outbreak of the Civil War brought a diversion of funds and a delay in construction. In West Virginia, a moving, respectful tour of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z No more resorting to the diversions in her handbag, or protecting herself from the scorching sun with a parasol. Review: ‘Happy Days,’ an Unsettling Glimpse Into the Existential Abyss 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z There’s even a diversion involving, of all things, a Jackson Pollock. Mark Wahlberg and Mark Wahlberg's Muscles Are On a Boat in Contraband 2012-01-12T16:35:43Z These are brief diversions in what Gunn may intend as a fondly mocking deconstruction of the more serious Marvel movies. REVIEW: Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy': The Expendables In Outer Space 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The phone serves as both a diversion from my boredom, and a baby sitter for my kid when I don’t want to deal. Mommy, can you put down your iPhone? 2013-01-26T21:00:00Z “If terrorists can anticipate that, it gives them an opportunity” to try to evade various layers of security by creating an incident for diversion, Mr. Pistole said. On the Road: Screening Protests Grow as Holiday Crunch Looms 2010-11-16T21:17:00Z Most of the notable sights and pleasurable diversions are nestled fairly close together. Zurich, for a Song 2010-09-24T18:42:00Z Next time, those wrestlers, which we missed seeing, along with many other new diversions, awaited us. From Pyramids to Chocolate, Mexico City Through the Eyes of Children 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z This entertaining little show expands on the Surrealists’ diversion, rustling up other examples of distorted or disjointed figuration from MoMA’s permanent collection. Art Review: ?Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration? at MoMA 2012-03-29T22:25:34Z Protesters, she said, wielded homemade mortars that created smoky diversions. Back to Nicaragua for a Pioneering Photographer of Rebellion 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Of course, the point of going to Mexico City wasn’t to spend time at a nice hotel, but when we wanted a break from sightseeing, the property’s warm ambience and diversions were a pleasant respite. From Pyramids to Chocolate, Mexico City Through the Eyes of Children 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z A mixture of depth and diversion, it makes you wish that, like a reliable band, Gabbert might publish a similar slender volume every year or two. A Serious Reader Offers Appealingly Casual Thoughts on Reading, and Life 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Gray proceeds from the uncuddly premise that life is a bleak struggle from which, through philosophy, we seek diversion. Review | We’ve been looking to philosophers to make sense of life. Maybe we should be looking at cats instead. 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z What began as a diversion has become a self-preserving summer thing: not just Butler, but the Butler stacks, the stillness capital of my imagination. Still Life: Butler Library at Columbia Is a Haven for Body and Mind 2012-06-26T16:03:23Z Movie theaters, lounges, and authentic restaurants are great for those seeking a diversion. These Are the World's Best Airports 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Beguiled by a Nymph So Nimble The title character in “The Fairy,” an alternately effortless and forced French-language diversion, doesn’t soar on gossamer wings; she sprints on two filthy, suspiciously human feet. Movie Review: ?The Fairy? With Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel 2012-02-23T22:39:43Z But of course there's nothing wrong with light diversion, especially when served with Hayes' eye-brow-arched flair. Sean Hayes plays the Creator with ironic camp in 'An Act of God' at the Ahmanson Theatre 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The average visit to Walt Disney World or any similar theme park isn’t a profound experience, but it’s an amusing enough diversion. ‘Happyland,’ MTV’s New Scripted Series 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z More surprising still, that late diversion doesn’t negate much of the movie’s early sincerity. Review: ‘Miracles From Heaven,’ Starring Jennifer Garner as the Mother of a Sick Child 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z There were amused titters at their gigs, but they were not taken seriously enough to become more than an interesting diversion. Metronomy - review 2011-01-24T18:06:20Z The Mob Museum in Las Vegas says Spilotro was assigned to protect the illegal diversion of casino profits to Chicago organized crime. Las Vegas home of mobster portrayed in ‘Casino’ is for sale 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The wary but amicable relationship between American and Brazilian riders provides some diversion. Review: Netflix’s ‘Fearless’ Explores the World’s ‘Most Dangerous Sport’ 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Rather than resenting these diversions, however, the reader finds herself yearning for the updates the next chapter will bring. Review | An enigmatic child sends a small town on a search for answers 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z "Dance Central" isn't as comprehensive as "Nike+ Kinect Training" or "Your Shape," but it's a fun diversion when those games' virtual trainers boil your blood. Review: 'Nike+ Kinect,' 'Your Shape' sweat it out 2013-01-03T17:46:04Z And at this point in time, where we are, I hope this book will help, because God knows we need a diversion. A Man of Few Words, 90% of Them Memorable 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z All that’s needed to open tear ducts throughout the theater is there in the contrast between those impossibly bleak circumstances and a breezy, silly play as a source of diversion and solace. London Theater Journal: Discipline, Punish and Put on a Play 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z But this production seems more a theatrical display of the worldly diversions that Merton railed against in his writings than an illumination of the ideas to which he devoted his life. Review: ‘The Glory of the World,’ About Thomas Merton 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Often, information will not be chronological; there will be sidetracks and diversions, inconsequential details and an avoidance of certain painful subjects. Should radio drama be more realistic? 2011-07-28T10:51:37Z They want entertainment, diversion, the playful spin of a born storyteller. Tabloid: The Honey Blonde and the 'Manacled Mormon' 2011-07-14T21:10:00Z Other opportunities to float in zero gravity and rappel down a rocky cliff provide welcome diversions to cramped hallways. Review: 'Dead Space 3' a less scary, solid shooter 2013-02-07T14:09:09Z Unless otherwise informed, they’re not prepared for the diversion created on their behalf. Ashland’s gift to train travelers: a holiday light spectacular along the tracks 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z For all its sprawling diversions, last year’s box-office champ seems like small change compared to the much more vigorous and focused IM3. Iron Man Three: Tony Stark Saves the World, Gets a Heart 2013-04-30T18:35:40Z There are two strange diversions in the novel where the point of view — Strafford’s — is dramatically broken. John Banville’s New Murder Mystery Starts Like a Game of Clue 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Other forms of diversion were common in theaters. Bar and Bathroom Lines, Molto Adagio 2014-04-18T20:59:14Z Montalbano’s adventures are brisk diversions, and he’s excellent company: perceptive, slightly jaded, of a certain age, admired by the ladies and always enthusiastic about the next meal. New crime fiction: Sterling Scottish noir; deadly politics in Houston 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Continually twisting from his embrace even as she delights in the animal force of their interaction, she gives as good as she gets, and in the end slinks off to prowl for other diversions. Theater Review: Dancing to Twyla Tharp and Sinatra?s Music 2010-03-26T04:27:00Z But few family members are spared in this enjoyable if lightweight diversion, loosely assembled around the idea that our nearest and dearest can do us wrong in infinitely inventive ways. | 'Relatively Speaking': ?Relatively Speaking? at Brooks Atkinson Theater ? Review 2011-10-21T02:01:14Z People who are drawn to plays, movies and TV sports generally prefer to keep their diversions at some distance. The Medium: What?s in a Dimension? 2011-01-23T06:45:09Z But all these ironic references and momentary throwbacks are but minor diversions. Spoiler Alert: Snow White, Warrior Princess, and Her Forgettable Dwarfs 2012-06-04T10:45:38Z But then, whenever Bach used a dance form, it wasn’t intended as a social diversion, either, and the issues of period performance theory and aesthetics that Ms. Turocy discussed were enlightening at every turn. Critic’s Notebook: Catherine Turocy’s Lessons Unlock Early Music’s Meaning 2013-09-03T21:51:27Z Mr. Adjmi may be poking fun at the labored innuendo of the original show, but these scattershot diversions simply aren’t funny. Theater Review: ‘3C,’ by David Adjmi, at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater 2012-06-25T02:00:00Z Still, diversions keep coming, even when the tragedy reaches its climax. Review: ‘Othello’ Goes Hip-Hop. There’s Humor, Too. 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z These diversions allow the Move to demonstrate its superior accuracy and the PS3’s superior graphics compared with the Wii, but they do little to demonstrate originality or creativity. ArtsBeat: Bowling, Golfing and Shooting With the Sony Move 2010-10-15T22:50:00Z The only diversions Emma can claim for her own turn out to be shopping and sex, both of which have problematic, not to say ruinous, consequences for her. 'Madame Bovary' lovely but as constrained as Flaubert's heroine 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z As he speaks, he takes a diversion around three huge holes in the ground that will soon boast a cluster of teetering towers, part of the city's new business district. Marseille's £6bn Capital of Culture rebirth 2013-04-01T16:59:40Z I thought the early Davenport novels suffered from too many diversions — the detective’s favorite jokes, his favorite rock songs — but Sandford and his readers clearly enjoyed them. John Sandford: A thriller writer having a little fun with the genre 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z In The Sopranos, for instance, the sexist jabs at Carmela overlapped with some fan’s desire that the show be all whackings, all the time, with no diversions into the “boring,” “soap opera” marriage-and-family stuff. On Anna Gunn, the Skyler-Hating Sexists, and the Billion-Megaphone Era 2013-08-26T15:13:37Z Visually, the production offers plenty of diversion, as bright vistas of suburbia scroll past, or Vic struggles to defeat Mike Tyson in a video game. Review: ‘The Dudleys’: Dad’s in Control. From Beyond the Grave. 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z The music they sang in church and heard on the radio, particularly the music of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, offered one of their few diversions. Hazel Dickens, Folk Singer, Dies at 75 2011-04-23T01:56:56Z It might have added dimension to the book to know more about how swingers navigate the world, while maintaining their secret diversion. ‘Swingland’ Offers Peek Into Kinky Sex Underworld 2013-10-17T14:36:25Z How do some books become brief pleasant diversions, while some become buoys for younger readers to desperately cling to while thrashing through the seawater of adolescence? Perspective | Adolescence is temporary. ‘It’s Me, Margaret’ is forever. 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z I saw the dance and drama as diversions and hobbies. When One Twin is More Gifted Academically 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Regardless of the situation, all conflicts on aircraft are handled the same way by separating those involved, deciding if a diversion of the plane is necessary, and calling ahead for law enforcement to meet it. Recent Incidents Put a New Focus on Sexual Assault on Airplanes 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z She added, “They give you not just the sweep of world art history but mini-essays, timelines and diversions: Roman luxury, Lady Murasaki on calligraphy, the cult of the carts at Chartres, a shaman’s mask.” Hugh Honour, Art Historian and Author, Dies at 88 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z He later wrote that during that evening he “realized that music should be an art, and not a diversion for the frivolity of women and the dissipation of men.” Music Review: Chamber Music Society Plays Turina and Ravel 2011-10-07T23:30:07Z It’s diversion, and not atonement, that comes most naturally to Maher. Bill Maher’s Weird, Effortful Apology for Saying the N-Word 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z After this dark and stormy night of the soul, the evening progresses, suggestively and mysteriously, and with many distractions and diversions, toward a romantic conclusion. ‘Queen of the Night’ Opens at the New Diamond Horseshoe Club 2013-12-26T21:42:17Z He is right, of course, and so next week I will move in with him and these four walls will house someone new; someone taking their own diversion into solo living. I was happy living alone in my studio flat. But the long, dark solitude of lockdown changed everything 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z And that would be unfortunate, because among the legendary diversions of Cap d’Antibes is exploring the rocky playground peninsula on the French Riviera that inspired one of America’s greatest writers. On the French Riviera, Fitzgerald Found His Place in the Sun 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z We are sheltering in place with devices designed to amplify diversions and exploit obsessions. The Unending Anxiety of Coronavirus Content 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z In an apparent attempt to compensate for the lack of cogent stage action, dancers periodically offer diversion in the form of stylized fighting. Review: Enjoying Rossini's Serious Side 2010-06-29T14:33:00Z A grid of lighted squares crosses a Pong-like diversion that visitors control with joysticks and the kind of cheesy drop ceiling one might find in the basement of a suburban tract house. Warm spots in Pierre Huyghe's often chilly Conceptualism at LACMA 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z I thought the Male/Day focus would end up being a diversion from an Ali/Amar boot, but I overthought it and May and Dale did eventually go. "Top Chef: World All Stars" elevates the best of London's classic pub dishes 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z These days, I am unable to confront even natural breaks in the working day without preplanned diversions. ‘No tricks. No mantras. I just want to learn how to do nothing’: my quest to stay still 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z If Second City maintains a current edge and keeps polishing what it has, this could stand as one of the summer’s better diversions. Second City puts sting in ‘Almost Accurate Guide to America’ 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Its moral complexities and political ambiguities are intriguing rather than troubling, its ethical and emotional agonies a diversion from rather than a reflection of our own. Review: ‘Allied’ Uncorks a Favorite Vintage, and Infuses It 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z And, of course, the service members take advantage of their shore leave to explore the city’s many diversions. The Women of Fleet Week Hit the Town 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z At shorter length, with a less cluttered story, “Ruben Brandt, Collector” might have been a small masterpiece instead of a minor diversion. ‘Ruben Brandt, Collector’ Review: Stealing Inspiration From Great Art 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z After a strong start, the various extended guitar interludes and drum solos seem like diversions before the looming main event: Here I Go Again, which unites the audience in defiant air-punching. Journey/Whitesnake – review 2013-05-21T17:34:08Z That’s the luxury of Park City, Utah, the rare ski resort that offers lively diversions on and off the slopes. 36 Hours: Park City, Utah 2012-02-02T18:20:58Z “It is adolescent. It is conflict resolution by violence. It is wish-fulfillment, spectacle and diversion – sound and fury, if we want to get Shakespearean.” Blockbusters assemble: can the mega movie survive the digital era? 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z It was a fun family diversion; not meant to last. Elle Fanning: ‘It’s a job, but it’s also about dressing up and pretending’ 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Other authors have veered unexpectedly into crime writing, either as a commercial diversion or out of love for the form. Brooklyn Man Finds New Life in Crime (Writing) 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z We don’t quite get Mravinsky’s overwhelming sense of power, but we do get a heightened sense of conversation among the work’s contrasting ideas, a welcome diversion from routine. Tchaikovsky for Christmas 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Compared to that little lot, Caged Animals are a fluffy diversion. New band of the day ? No 1,080: Caged Animals 2011-08-09T15:48:00Z As metaphor and as entertainment, it’s everything you look for in a summer diversion. ‘Preacher’ and ‘The Strain’: Smart Summer Fun 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z But for every musical pope, there were more who saw the performing arts as dangerous diversions from true belief. Henschel Quartet Offers Solace for Pope Benedict 2010-03-26T16:30:00Z How much time is the right amount to wait before converting tragedy into diversion? The 10 Most Disappointing Movies of 2016 So Far 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z But the intern class of 2018 has arrived to a vastly different city, squeezed dry of dives, dollar beers and even once-popular free diversions such as Screen on the Green. As D.C. dive bars go extinct, summer interns find Washington less welcoming 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z I recommend trust in your own capable child rearing and an absorbing diversion or three. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Does personal accountability still exist? 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z And though it may at first feel like a mild diversion, as contact sports go, it soon becomes clear that no one is leaving the field without injuries. | 'Love?s Labor?s Lost': ?Love?s Labor?s Lost? at Public Theater - Review 2011-11-01T02:01:01Z That change sets up one of the snazziest set pieces in the caper movie canon, as Pierce Brosnan’s art thief stages an elaborate museum diversion to return his stolen prize. Stream These Ultra-Cool Heist Movies 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z While tightly prescriptive in their use and never taxing, the puzzles this creates make for neat diversions in a game whose edgy charm and Danny Elfman-style music are reminiscent of the classic Banjo-Kazooie. This week's new games 2011-01-08T00:06:17Z “A lot of people see this as a diversion from techniques that do work.” If you can’t save ‘em, clone ‘em! 2012-12-11T23:51:00Z Finding the balance between heavy themes and glossy diversions was the challenge. 29Rooms Is a Creative Playhouse for the Instagram Set 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z He is the son of Kathy P. Daniels of Gaithersburg, Md. Mr. Daniels’ mother, who is retired, served as a diversion program manager for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Washington. Evan Giesemann, Ryan Daniels 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Even when it comes to fiction, A&E doesn’t go in for light diversions. Critic?s Notebook: Criminals, Addicts, Misfits: That?s Entertainment 2011-01-20T00:30:21Z Lights Out in Wonderland by DBC Pierre By way of diversion, the photographer asks the teenage barmaid if she knows DBC Pierre. 'Reality has surpassed satire' 2010-08-21T23:04:00Z What began as a diversion turned into a habit. David Letterman’s Unlikely Archivist 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z He meant that, one presumes, less in the accessibility sense of the term than as a diversion you're just supposed to just kind of go with. NYFF: 'Inherent Vice' and the contemporary cult hit 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z “We can handle products here where there is a high risk of diversion – products that can be used for recreational as well as medical benefit,” says Cook, who has worked for Shasun for 27 years. ‘My therapist gave me a pill’: can MDMA help cure trauma? 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The circling was due, rather, to what Souman calls “the accumulation of noise in the sensorimotor system”—small navigational errors that result in drastic diversions. The Dread and Bewilderment of Walking in Circles 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z How tempting it would be to succumb to the elegant diversion and ignore inconvenient truths, namely, the rise of Nazism. Review | In this Kit Kat Klub, there’s a little less sleaze but just enough sizzle 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Ruth is really only a diversionary presence, but as embodied with gravelly gusto by Burke Moses, he gives great value as a diversion. | 'Johnny Baseball': Babe Ruth Sings at American Repertory Theater 2010-06-09T21:49:00Z Having so thoroughly conquered the movie industry, doing a medium-sized role in a new Coen film seems like a frivolous diversion, or a mild inconvenience: a busman’s holiday. George Clooney interview: ‘Donald Trump is a xenophobic fascist’ 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The first show tracks a jaunt up the Pacific Coast Highway in California, from Los Angeles to Santa Cruz, with breaks for dune buggy rides and visits to custom bike shops, among other diversions. Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus Rides With 2 Wheels — and No Zombies 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Ninety seconds in, the sounds of a wood whistle mark a sudden diversion that morphs into a Nintendo-suggestive melody. Ariel Pink plugs into 'Pom Pom' buzz in his own singular style 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z At first, because they shared a love-hate relationship with Philadelphia, it was hard to tell whether they were meant to be together, or were merely a pleasant diversion for one another until they moved on. Sharing Their Visions, Two Filmmakers Find Love 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z They’re just pulpy and juvenile enough to make for a great weekend diversion, but just smart and literary enough that you don’t feel cheap afterward. Why does the Magicians trilogy keep raping and killing off its best characters? 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Home base is the mellow countryside of the Varese Province, where Mom lives and the Missoni fashion house is based; the faster, flashier streets of Milan are an irresistible diversion just 45 minutes away. Vintage and Vinyl 2010-10-11T13:28:00Z In spite of its imperfections, Thieves In Time is a distinctive and charming little diversion. Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time - review 2013-04-06T05:00:12Z Like the twee diversions of knitting, table tennis and the Women's Institute, bingo – particularly the rebellious kind - is currently experiencing something of a revival. Clubs picks of the week 2010-03-20T00:08:00Z “Whipped Cream” premiered a year ago in California and New York, when a nation newly Trumped was undoubtedly grateful for the diversion. American Ballet Theatre’s ‘Whipped Cream’: A fleeting sugar high 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Almost all Taymor's signature scenes are either cut back or rejiggered as little visual diversions from the story, as distinct from the story itself. Musical makes some Spidey-sense 2011-06-15T00:00:00Z But this, too, feels like a diversion within a diversion. Review | A Greek-set ‘Comedy of Errors’ adds songs to the slapstick 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z They cut each other off in full flow, and create distractions and diversions. The Coming Storm – review 2012-06-22T16:19:25Z For those who once found the band a pleasant diversion at best, “Modern Vampires of the City” represents an intriguing left turn. Album review: Vampire Weekend, 'Modern Vampires of the City' 2013-05-13T18:35:00Z They throw up masks and diversions, or simply run: “Your serious eyes, dehumanize”; “There are suicides in every dream”; “You have no face”; “Why do you treat yourself so bad?” Album review: Savages. 'Silence Yourself' 2013-05-06T15:28:00Z Just think, the awards season last year felt like a guilty diversion from the craziness unfolding on the national stage. Why James Franco Could Easily Get a Best Actor Nomination 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Even with an arsenal of diversions and the most carefully planned breaks, all kids contained in cramped quarters will reach their limit at some point. How to conquer 4 common road trip challenges to have less chaos and more fun 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Here are this summer’s 12 best blockbuster diversions: No sequels allowed: the 12 best alternative movies to watch this summer 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z "What I would hope for is that it's more than just a diversion, that it somehow connects to something emotionally with people on some level," the director said. Ben Stiller casts 'Walter Mitty' from imagination into life 2013-12-19T22:36:03Z A distraction is something or someone that creates a diversion or interference in focus; a distraction is what pulls your attention from one thing to another. Is this parent’s bribery tactic just making things harder? 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z That “Star Wars: Visions” is, finally, more of a pleasant diversion than a really fulfilling experience isn’t a factor of running time or talent. Review: What if ‘Star Wars’ Really Were Japanese? 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation suspended its diversion programs Jan. 11 to ensure that they comply with the federal law, spokeswoman Terry Thornton said. Md., Calif. suspend 'scared straight' programs 2011-02-05T02:02:08Z The chapter openly permitted a reading oriented around pauses—for reflection or rumination, perhaps, but also for refreshment or diversion. The Chapter: A History 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z In order to do that, they need to rescue Liza and Nick from the military encampment downtown, something they hope to accomplish using a giant reanimated diversion. Fear the Walking Dead finale: season one, episode six – The Good Man 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z They’d be considered just as much a playful diversion as Blur, not the geniuses they were. A skeptic reconsiders Blur: “The Magic Whip” could be their “White Album” 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Similarly, O’Mara’s sense that streets need to be “welcoming, with entertainment, seating, refreshment and diversion available,” minimizes their equally necessary serendipity. How Walking Changes Us 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Unhappily for the star and director of “The Water Diviner,” there’s a reason this otherwise forgettable film may be remembered as something more than a minor diversion. What Armenian genocide? “The Water Diviner,” Russell Crowe’s disgraceful Turkish fantasy 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z His 1960s-era Morse is resilient, but not a hard case; refined, but put off by popular diversions that excite the average person. As "Endeavour" approaches the end of its run, more of us should appreciate its mystery 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z The idea of theater that scorches may not be your idea of a midsummer night’s diversion in this heat-battered July. Review: In ‘The Damned,’ Ivo van Hove Finds the Mortal Chill in a Nazi Fire 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z "The idea was that the movie would be a diversion if the feds or customs in Morocco" got suspicious, Stevenson said of the filming of the 1972 experimental short film "Medina." It was Morocco's 'Argo' — but with drug smugglers making the film 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z They were not there, though, to partake of the myriad diversions on offer along Blackpool's fabled Golden Mile, but to observe ordinary Britons at play. Mass Photography: Blackpool Through the Camera ? review 2011-07-30T23:05:47Z While the experience is . . . interesting . . . the impression you’re left with is of a diversion somewhat shy of irresistible. A heavy toll of Puppet Death 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z But the husband’s superficial diversion tactic gradually opens his eyes when he helps Robert “see” Europe’s great cathedrals by drawing one on a paper bag as the program airs. ‘For the Benefit of Those Who See:’ the resilience of the blind 2014-01-29T23:32:56Z With an average annual resident income of about 46,000 Singapore dollars, most Singaporeans regularly tighten their purse strings, this necessary financial prudence helped by a wide range of free and low-cost facilities and diversions. Singapore, for Those Who Aren’t Crazy Rich 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z These days, the diversions have grown into a marketing monster in a highly competitive business. The Cruise Issue: On the World?s Largest Cruise Ship, the Sea Is an Afterthought 2011-02-14T16:19:28Z Dry land diversions include a 17th-century Dutch fort and the Shrine of St. Anne, Sri Lanka’s oldest, as well as leopard, sloth bear and elephant spotting at nearby Wilpattu National Park. The 46 Places to Go in 2013 2013-01-11T16:15:59Z This diversion happened to star witches hurling balls of energy at each other while floating in the sky. "WandaVision" concludes by giving Martin Scorsese the MCU film he always wanted 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Mendes brings the proceedings down to earth and turns what is usually a mystical diversion into a touching family reunion. Press reviews 2010-02-26T16:54:00Z As jobs dried up, football turned from collective diversion to individual hope. This Season’s Books on Sports: A Roundup 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z No one believes a word but they will still appreciate the creativity involved in concocting the fantasy, not to mention the momentary diversion from their own weight gain. So girls are not all as nice as pie. And your point is? 2011-01-02T00:07:17Z She also veers off into many fascinating tangents and diversions. Commission us: films that only get better with a good DVD commentary 2010-10-14T11:33:00Z But these are minor diversions in the larger chaos enveloping the main characters. 'House of Cards' Season 3 Episode 9 Recap: 'I'm Not Peter Russo' 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z What the film does not anticipate is that, while collectively bearing witness to the deaths of half a million Americans and counting, we would also experience the pandemic through a series of anesthetizing diversions. When Vaccines Become an Internet Personality Test 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z With robust civics education in decline, citizenship became another diversion, less a matter of informed, levelheaded engagement than a vector for hyper-affiliation worthy of pop stars and superhero franchises. Perspective | The Trump cult has obliterated the line between citizenship and fandom, with deadly results 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z From opening titles presented in the style of a classic Hollywood film during the overture, Mr. Strassberger and his team provide a near-ceaseless barrage of sight gags, amusing diversions and outright distractions. Music Review: ‘Le Roi Malgré Lui’ at Fisher Center for the Performing Arts 2012-07-30T21:52:59Z Since he knew I was leaving in several weeks, did he see me as a pleasant diversion? Auditioning for the Role of Boyfriend 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z It has been a year of struggle and experimentation for the television industry, which has had to learn on the fly while trying to create new diversions for an unusually captive home audience. TV Production Adapted to Weather the Pandemic. Now What? 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Here, though, the diversion is so imbued by the secondary character’s being, so organic and leisurely, that it feels like the beginning of another movie entirely. ‘Dos Estaciones’ Review: A Tequila Factory’s Story, Sip by Sip 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Here are 10 unconventional Halloweenish diversions, ranked in order of scariness, a 10 signifying the riskiest, most terrifying thing you can imagine: 10 Unconventional Halloween Diversions 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Women made bitings as a lunchtime diversion while out picking berries, “to see who could make the best design, the most intricate design,” Charlebois says. How Indigenous artists are reinvigorating the art of birch bark biting 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z But if they’re supposed to be just a diversion, why—one after another—do they torture us with so many questions? Review: Rough Night Exposes the Threadbare Downside of the Women-Cutting-Loose Genre 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Abraham makes another important appearance when Claire sends him off, saddled without a rider, to create a diversion. The Oscars: Manohla Dargis Looks at the Overture to ?Melancholia? 2011-12-30T17:03:44Z "Eat, Pray, Love" is a minor and superficial summer diversion that offers female viewers not much more than a two-hour escape fantasy, but that's not a crime. "Eat, Pray, Love": A phenomenon goes bust 2010-08-13T00:20:00Z A trio of high school girls — an eccentric animator, a popular model and a business obsessive — form an anime club, a part-time diversion that soon grows, like a radioactive monster, into an all-consuming obsession. Best TV Shows of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Night life heats up as diversions turn indoors. 14 Easy Weekend Getaways 2011-03-11T19:55:00Z With more amenities, restaurants and diversions, large ships keep you entertained all hours of the day and well into the night. First time taking a cruise? Here’s what you need to know. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z I should add, though, that Ms. O’Brien is very funny about her addiction to spas and various practitioners of woo-woo diversions. Books of The Times: Edna O’Brien’s Memoir, ‘Country Girl’ 2013-04-29T19:31:34Z “For an airy, refreshing summer diversion, you need no more.” What’s on TV Friday 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z His example made detective stories a respectable diversion. The Mystery Buffs in the White House 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Unlike many writers on style, he doesn’t get carried away with examples; those he provides tend to be by masters of the almost invisible art of elegantly simple diversion. Want to Learn How to ‘Nail the Jelly of Reality to the Wall’? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Even then, “Man in the High Castle” wasn’t the most uplifting of diversions. “The Man in the High Castle” season 2: an alternate “then” only slightly removed from our “now” 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z She is sitting in her bedroom taking a call from a caveman-ish beau, who is keen to squire her on an evening of entertainment, perhaps to the cinema or somesuch diversion. The Ray Bradbury video tribute I never expected to see 2010-08-23T15:34:00Z Still, some have called the recent rash of diversions relatively insignificant. Another Argument (and Diversion) Over a Reclining Seat 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Don't the realities of life on the ground render artistic expression a diversion, at best? The Palfest book festival puts Palestinian writers on the map 2010-05-11T10:56:00Z There is a difference between the desert nomad or economic migrant who wander to survive and the dandified poet in search of diversion, between necessity and choice, and between escaping hunger and escaping boredom. The inescapable power of architecture 2012-08-11T23:05:42Z Jewison’s healthy cynicism towards lowest-common-denominator diversions, married with contempt for corporations and the hegemonic pillars supporting them, makes for an exploitation picture still subversive today. Moon Nazis and sex in space: what can we learn from movies set in 2018? 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The actual deed is reported with such lightly amused aplomb that what could come over as sordid seems like a harmless diversion. A Warning to Women of a Certain Age: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Nightdress 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z From the beginning, Pitt's always been clever about how he leverages his physical appeal, using it as an instrument to create his characters rather than a diversion from his efforts. Should Brad Pitt really win an Oscar for acting? 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z And then there was the night’s most entertaining diversion: trying to read the expressions on the faces of the American nominees every time “Squid Game” won an award. Review: The Emmys Keep it Light and Forgettable 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Dreaming of 2016, he writes, sometimes became a kind of performance, a family diversion: “It was as if we were all keeping up an elaborate and needful charade.” In Joe Biden’s Memoir, Private Grief and Its Effect on a Public Life 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z Yet these detours play more like amusing diversions than necessary plot points. Review | Road-trip musical ‘Miss You Like Hell’ embarks on a bumpy ride to catharsis 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z For more civilized diversions, there is a plethora of restaurants and shops, and even an opera and orchestra. 36 Hours in Sarasota, Fla. 2012-12-13T15:38:22Z Mapping the topography of a person’s life invariably meanders to their diversions and individual tastes. Mark Hamill: ‘Part of the fun is escaping the drudgery of real life’ 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z The program’s priority is “placed on rural areas with lots of production and diversion, and little law enforcement”, said Rob Bovett, the legal counsel with the Association of Oregon Counties, who crafted the bill. How legal cannabis actually made things worse for sick people in Oregon 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z In a welcome diversion toward the end of this tumultuous month, Americans are treated to a rare celestial display as the sun is totally eclipsed by a 2,000-mile-wide Amazon logo. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z There you will find the restorative whirr of film projectors and the passive diversions of old-fashioned cinema. Art Review: The Magic of Movies, Born From a Single Snapshot 2011-08-18T22:24:34Z Distraction and diversion are your friends when a loved one has dementia. Trauma and triumph: my father, his dementia and surviving segregation 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z But you might not want to count on this as your latest binge-worthy diversion. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Fearless’ and ‘You’ve Got Mail’ 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s not a “fun” tourist diversion for gawking and photos — but, at the moment, is arguably one of the most important things to see in Vancouver. 7 travel and sightseeing tips for your next trip to Vancouver 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z In the infinitely expansive world of Web diversion, it seems as if babies and children exist only as actors. Cultural Studies: The Digital Lives of Babies 2011-02-18T22:04:31Z Maria Zakharova told journalists that since it was Friday she would make a "lyrical diversion." The Russian foreign minister's spokeswoman has lightheartedly riffed on a poem by Robert Burns to comment on the frequent phone calls between her boss and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z I hope eventually I'll get to the point where people trust that this isn't just a diversion for me. Hugh Laurie loosens up in continued visit to house of American music 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z A former accountant, Nuckols took up skydiving as a weekend diversion and quickly became consumed by the sport’s allure. A jumping accident left him paralyzed, but Ned Wulin continues to train skydivers By this point, Summer was America's undisputed disco queen, so this version of the lugubrious ballad made famous by Richard Harris was a brave diversion. Remember Donna Summer: listen now to five classic songs 2012-05-17T20:33:10Z But the narrative shuffles around rather loosely in search of diversion along the way. ‘Randy Newman’s Faust,’ With the Composer On Hand 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z In Nimes, this is not a leisurely, pastis-soaked diversion, I quickly learned, but a ferociously competitive sport that requires great skill, passion, and calculation. In the south of France, Nimes celebrates and preserves ancient Rome 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z He was recently named its associate artistic director and is part of a team charged with transforming the institution from a side street diversion into a Main Street attraction. National Jazz Museum in Harlem Plans Expansion 2012-06-17T22:03:32Z There was plenty of room for dancing, Hula-Hooping, Frisbee and other festival diversions. The Hudson Project, Cut Short by a (Real) Tempest 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z The prize for presentation goes to the tiramisu, dropped off in the top of an espresso pot — yet another delicious escape from reality, in a room rich with diversions. Review | Quattro Osteria puts fun on the plate and in the room 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z But the new BBC commission Suppôts et Supplications was brilliantly propulsive: instruments bubbling to the surface then burning out, flighty diversions sucked in around single notes like scattered nails to magnets. John Zorn: A Portrait – review 2013-01-14T17:32:59Z The only modest diversion is the belated appearance of Banderas as a desperately chatty jack of all dark trades. REVIEW: Stallone Reassembles the Old, Old Gang for The Expendables 3 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The scandal offered a “welcome diversion” when the country was hankering for one. Revelations and Reckonings in a Sex Scandal From Long Before #MeToo 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z At first, the moment felt like a fun diversion from a tense time. The Accidental Celebrities of the Impeachment Inquiry 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z This is where that aforementioned diversion comes into play. The Witches at 30: a horror film for children that continues to terrify 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z If “Our World” has anything to say, it’s that the chaos caused by a global health crisis can be a guarded pop star’s greatest diversion. ‘Justin Bieber: Our World’ Review: A Pop Star Enshrouded 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “The details are fascinating, but they can also be a diversion from the stakes,” Ms. Hodes said. For a Biography of John Wilkes Booth, Terry Alford Turns to Amateur Researchers 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Plus, she said, in what many consider difficult times, the arts provide needed diversion. NEA helps Independent Shakespeare make poetry in the park 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z There are no police, no diversion signs, nothing. Isle of Wight festival hit by travel chaos after torrential rain 2012-06-22T11:58:28Z Residents of a city ravaged by Harvey less than two months ago need all the diversion they can get, and Houstonians had a hard choice over the weekend. Forced Out By Flooding, Houston’s Opera Gets On With the Show 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z She cited comment cards from passengers stating that after waiting in line to get through security, “and feeling really stressed,” art was a wonderful diversion. Museums Special Section: In a Stressful Setting, Artistic Treatment for the Traveler 2011-03-17T04:30:10Z Which may seem like a book critic’s quibble, until you consider that opting for diversion and reassurance — rather than paying attention to clear warnings — got us to where we are now. Review | ‘The Red Lotus,’ a new novel with a pandemic plot, is both prescient and diverting 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Originally introduced as Go-Gos in Spain and based on an ancient game from Greece and Rome that used pieces made of sheep knuckles, Crazy Bones was another pocket-sized diversion. 11 infamous '90s school bans 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z The plots of such diversions often involved cozy, button-down couples who had started to wonder if there was more to life than twin beds and the missionary position. Theater Review: ‘The Performers,’ With Henry Winkler and Cheyenne Jackson 2012-11-15T03:07:21Z These diversions accumulate to such an extent that it is difficult to follow the central thread of the narrative. Nagaland by Jonathan Glancey - review 2011-07-08T21:55:09Z After all, I was asking my son to be tantrum-free, go-with-the-flow when confronted with delays or diversions from the itinerary, be unfailingly polite and stay consistently engaged. How to travel solo with your child (so you both actually enjoy it) 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Since you can't afford to leave your sofa, these opulent diversions from the hamster's wheel become more, not less exciting. Why Absolutely Fabulous now looks absolutely prescient 2011-08-29T20:30:02Z In other words, is it possible that the suit is a distraction or a diversion, rather than the ultimate aspiration? Feminism’s next big step 2012-08-23T13:28:00Z In most counties, authorities use the threat of jail to push women into drug court or pretrial diversion. Take a valium, lose your kid, go to jail 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Like any collaboration, game making is full of diversions and rewrites. Train Jam: Strangers on a Train, Creating Video Games 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Documentaries have always enjoyed pride of place during the summer season, offering brainy diversion from the superheroes dominating the big screen. Perspective | This summer showed us that all kinds of movies can become hits on their own terms 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “Unfortunately, there is a never-ending tide that will never stop and it’s called greed. All we can do is create little diversions.” In Scotland, Serving Halibut for a Better Planet 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z I think great films are not simply a diversion. Director Marc Webb: Why I'm a student of the Graduate 2010-09-02T21:30:00Z But the Los Angeles Times, quoting a legal expert, said Hilton was more likely to be sentenced to a diversion program if prosecutors are able to prove their case. Paris Hilton likely to avoid jail on cocaine bust 2010-08-31T01:32:00Z And if you’ve been in the market for online theatrical diversions, you surely know what I mean, too. Review | Relief from Zoom sometimes comes in a box. A play in a box. 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z And the interpolation is more than just a tickling diversion for easily bored summer theatergoers. | 'Troilus and Cressida': The Cynical Side of Shakespeare, but With a River View 2010-08-31T21:10:00Z Mr. Adams also cut the “Spider Dance,” an amusing diversion that should have an afterlife as a short orchestral work, like “The Chairman Dances” from his “Nixon in China.” Review: John Adams’s Newest Opera Returns to the Gold Mines 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z What, for instance, would one do in a city without more meaningful diversion, without bookstores? T Magazine: Bare Market 2011-09-17T15:00:22Z There's no mother to fight with, no father to adore, no brother or uncles who can be used for fantasy diversions. Nowhere Ending Sky by Marlen Haushofer – review 2013-07-13T07:30:01Z "It sounds crazy to talk of this concert as a diversion or time off," Adès says between sips of hibiscus lemonade, "but it's more like something to take my brain off the opera." Composer Thomas Adès devotes his downtime in L.A. to ... rehearsing 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The play diversion is fine, of course — and akin to what I often recommend for dealing with a difficult personality in the close quarters of a family gathering. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: The interrupter-in-law can’t hold her tongue. Should I? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z The new sip-and-ski trail adds another attraction in the wine country’s off season — or an extra diversion for skiers, depending on your point of view. In Transit Blog: A Wine Trail, by Ski and Snowshoe 2014-02-21T15:14:18Z But lectures used to qualify as entertainment, with traveling speakers trekking from town to town, obliging a populace eager for diversion and instruction. ‘Fragments’ Review: Guest Lectures from a Famed Professor 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Then back to one’s seat for diversion in the opportunely unreal world of late 18th-century Viennese opéra bouffe. Abducting Mozart's 'Abduction From the Seragilo' to another time 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Stuff blows up and then more stuff blows up because that’s what happens when diversions like this hit movie screens around this time of year: chaos reigns and then some guy cleans it up. Movie Review: ‘Iron Man 3,’ With Robert Downey Jr. 2013-05-02T12:00:01Z Air France described the flight’s diversion to Ireland as a “precautionary measure” in a statement shared with Fox News, while also reiterating its commitment to security. Air France flight diverted after 'suspicious' cell phone found on plane 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Lighthearted diversions are definitely not on the menu at the treatment center where this wan, ineffectual comedy-drama is set. | 'Family Week': Beth Henley Revival Opens at Lucille Lortel 2010-05-05T02:26:00Z Some major environmental groups think so. Friends of the Earth has dismissed lab-grown meat as a diversion from the effort to reform our industrial food system – a half-baked technofix for much bigger agriculture problems. Fake burgers will save us all! 2013-12-08T22:00:00Z He completed a drug diversion program last year but remains on probation for bringing drugs to a Los Angeles County jail in 2009. Redmond O'Neal jailed after Calif. drug arrest 2011-08-02T20:04:09Z The confidence with which he shapes a good, old-fashioned diversion around these particular poles is instructive. Review | With ‘Gun Island,’ Amitav Ghosh turns global crises into engaging fiction 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Generally it proceeds through a series of surprising links, fascinating diversions and sometimes dizzying associative drift. Maria Popova Weaves Together Stories of Human Ingenuity 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z It’s as much a critique of stardom as it is a diversion from acting. Hey, Are You Looking at Me? Good. Now, Buzz Off. 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Consumers are going to the multiplex less, drawn to increasingly rich television offerings, among other diversions. Warner Bros. unveils a slate of superhero films after poor summer 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z After a diversion to see British art rock band Glass Animals, I'll catch the Los Angeles beat producer Gaslamp Killer unveil a full band. One possible road map through Coachella, Weekend 1 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The patina of tawdry glamour that clings to this movie is, however, something of a diversion and also the point. Movie Review: ‘Starlet,’ With Dree Hemingway 2012-11-09T01:27:15Z Tynan placed him in a drug diversion program a month later that the judge said would be "justifiably" severe. Redmond O'Neal completes drug diversion program 2010-08-13T22:01:00Z They are drenched in deep guilt and irrepressible pleasure, and these qualities are in existential conflict, not pleasant diversion. Intriguing parallels between L.A. Opera's Thais and Blanche DuBois 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Fans of Nicholas Sparks in search of summer diversion will find in these pages a good message and a big heart. 'One Summer': a flawed father's chance to regain the trust of his children 2011-07-20T20:45:04Z Though there are diversions in the tumbledown guitars of Sucker Punched and the shuffle of Delancey Essex, the defining sound is the four-to-the-floor drone, as on excellent opener Bodies; later on, Skulking is even better. Mazes: Ores and Minerals – review 2013-02-28T22:15:01Z Mr. Funches delivers this signature quip with an amiable smile, and while his well-constructed act has the quirky vibe of a delightfully charming diversion, it’s one that resonates. Ron Funches Works a Crowd, and Its Assumptions 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Heightened security may also result in delays and diversions. What Travelers Can Expect in Paris 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z It was just there as a nice little diversion; something to watch at your desk while you ate a sandwich at work. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: how Netflix totalled Seinfeld's star vehicle 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Here are a few fun diversions to ease stress — or, for younger kids, fill the time. From pandas to planets, here are a few fun things for kids to explore | The Weekly Wonder 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z That just makes it a 2018 kind of diversion, and like the year that yielded it, it’ll be lost to the flood soon enough. Why "Bird Box" is smashing Netflix records: We're so close to apocalypse ourselves 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z These diversions aren’t merely there to divert, though that they do in all senses of the word. | 'Musashi': From Hisashi Inoue, a Zen Comedy-Drama 2010-07-08T22:44:00Z For a generation of American men born during the Great Depression, racing was much more than a five-week diversion from the first Saturday in May to the first Saturday in June. Me, My Dad and American Pharoah 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z It’s the kind of throwaway diversion that Arena resorts to more often than a theater with world-class capability should, even if the result has an impressive high-gloss allure. “Five Guys Named Moe”: Vintage jump-jive goes modern boy band at Arena “Vesper Flights” is a document of learning to see, of growing past useful defenses of diversion and escape. Helen Macdonald’s ‘Vesper Flights’ Sees Wonder — and Refuge — in the Natural World 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z From web-slinging diversions to archaeological excursions, this summer movie season is stacked with releases across a variety of genres. The Most Anticipated Genre Movies of the Summer 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z But after the pandemic-constrained year and a half New York has just endured, simple diversions go a long way. Perspective | Little Island is New York’s latest landing strip for theater, music, art — and ambition 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Dye also noted that there was a pending civil suit filed by Leslie against Chrismas and other defendants over “these diversions of cash arising from sales of inventory.” Ace Gallery Founder Arrested on Embezzlement Charges 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z As a silly diversion for the silly season, it passes muster, but only just. Theater Review: ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost,’ Loosely Speaking, in Central Park 2013-08-13T02:00:01Z And I have a deposition from one of the lawyers asking Karen White in a deposition for a civil case, "Well what happened when you did see diversion and abuse?" The reality of life in a "Dopesick" country: "It is just a state of misery" 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z It’s just a diversion, and the question is, what is it a diversion from? New Order’s next album is coming: Bernard Sumner talks “Complete Music,” Peter Hook and why it’s important to “glow for a very long time” 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z With Whistler’s lifts closing early, there’s plenty of time for après-ski diversions. 36 Hours in Whistler 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z At a time when just about every toy has a screen, buttons and batteries, the must-have diversion among elementary school children is positively primitive: a top. What goes around (and around): Beyblades spin into hot toy 2012-03-23T02:19:04Z Most impressive is how Bollen's book is rich in literary diversions, moments of keen sociological and emotional insight — often into personal isolation — that transcend the conventions of its story. Christopher Bollen's 'Orient' a literary thriller with wit and style 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z It is more of a diversion for viewers looking for handsomely mounted period British melodrama. Netflix's gorgeous "Dig" loses sight of its own discoveries in favor of soapy period melodrama 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z For diversion, Ted collects roadkill and logs his gruesome finds in a notebook. Review: In ‘The Boy,’ an Unnerving 9-Year-Old Makes His Move 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Knitting became not just a downtime diversion for Mr. Daley but a way to manage his anxiety. Tom Daley Is All-Around Gold 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The terminal is modern and clean but has few diversions for someone who arrives eight hours early. On a Baltic Sea cruise, board in Sweden and wake up in Latvia — then do it in reverse 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z But I took, then and now, Jane Austen to be not so much a pleasant few hours' diversion but a manual for life, and looked beyond the dazzling protagonists for better guides through it. Pride and Prejudice at 200: looking afresh at Austen's classic 2013-01-26T08:01:00Z A smooth diversion directed by Duncan Jones that bats around a few big ideas, the movie opens with a succession of overhead images of Chicago and its environs gleaming in the bright day. | 'Source Code': Don?t Know Who You Are, but Don?t Know Who I Am 2011-03-31T21:49:12Z A vast, labyrinthine funnel, the site revels in profusion, diversion, digression and, ultimately, the interconnectedness of human endeavor of nearly every sort, a “Tristram Shandy” for the digital age. Denis Dutton, Philosopher, Dies at 66 2011-01-01T03:57:45Z The search is like a detective story, filled with dead-end plotlines and gripping diversions that get her no closer to her quarry. Three architects who built Jerusalem: How they shaped and fled (and were forgotten by) the conflicted city 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z What's strange, or fresh, about any of the mechanical diversions on offer here? Yo-ho-hum for latest 'Pirates' 2011-05-18T21:10:00Z Individual attractions, such as the Central Park Zoo and the Loeb Boathouse, also give a loud shout-out to their own diversions, including animal feedings and gondola rides. Central Park: A green island in Manhattan It has developed into something of a fantasists’ diversion: Large parties often play while outfitted in costumes from such archery-heavy franchises as “The Walking Dead” and “The Hunger Games.” Urban Athlete: Archery Tag Offers a Tame Version of ‘The Hunger Games’ 2014-05-08T22:15:54Z Atmosphere is conjured with emergency instructions replaying on a tinny radio, and the occasional visits from the radioactive humans tottering around outside are a welcome diversion. ‘Aftermath,’ a Postapocalyptic Tale by Peter Engert 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Beckett said that “Watt” was “a game,” but it was more than a mere diversion for him. The Alternative Facts of Samuel Beckett’s “Watt” 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z But where an appearance by, say, Girls Aloud or Sugababes used to provide a novel pop diversion from the big-name rock fare, it's now the other way around. V Festival: day one ? review 2011-08-21T17:17:01Z "Coachella became successful because they spent a good deal of attention to dressing up the grounds and creating a diversion," Bongiovanni said. Desert Trip brings boomer-style luxury to the music festival 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z “Drunk” is about the diversions we choose to escape the pain of reality. A journey through the life’s ups and downs with Thundercat 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z He has a dog, "a diversion named Walter." Steve-O's next trick: Sobriety 2010-10-11T23:25:00Z "Well, this for him is a light diversion," she says. Composer Thomas Adès devotes his downtime in L.A. to ... rehearsing 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The city of Austin announced they will be holding free recycling and organics diversion training events for those affected by the new rule. Texas ban on throwing away food received with praise, outrage 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z On recovering he decides to change his life, wife and mental state with many a surreal diversion in the process. Bliss; BBC Prom 61: H?nsel and Gretel 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z We must remember the context: American showbusiness in an age long before TV, let alone digital diversions. Harry Houdini: the sum of all amazements 2011-03-24T12:45:22Z Called “Cascabel,” the show is a sliver of romantic hokum that is mostly used as a platform for a series of Cirque du Soleil-style diversions. Theater Review: ?Cascabel,? With Rick Bayless at Lookingglass in Chicago 2012-04-08T21:41:43Z This is the crime the Guilty Remnant will not tolerate, the indulgence, as Patti puts it, in “colorful diversions that keep us from remembering.” 'The Leftovers' Recap: The Show Can Feel Like 'The Twilight Zone,' With Pretensions 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z His autobiography, published in 2009, was completed in the face of his lifelong enjoyment of rambling diversions and tangents. Norman Collier obituary 2013-03-19T12:33:06Z A drug charge against Mackenzie Phillips was dismissed Friday after the actress successfully completed a drug diversion program. Drug case dismissed against Mackenzie Phillips 2010-04-30T22:31:00Z In addition to requiring restaurants to dispose of food through recycling or donation, the establishments must also provide education for employees about organic diversion. Texas ban on throwing away food received with praise, outrage 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Professorial lectures, book clubs and TED Talk screenings aim to add scholarly diversions to sailings on the high seas. On Your Next Cruise, Put Down That Cocktail and Head to Class 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Maybe that’s why any diversion from the usual — say, sprinkling some Hanukkah into the mix — seems to bring such disastrous results. Hallmark and Lifetime Do Hanukkah. Oy. 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Mr Albury added: "The drawings range from subconscious doodlings through technical facial characterizations, humorous diversions of comic characters including a walrus not used in the film, to fully finished drawings of Bruce McMouse and family." Macca's sketches 2011-06-15T08:42:33Z At first Petherbridge, like The Times, thought it a diversion beneath her talents: a snobbery that ended when she tried to solve one herself. Here’s Looking at You, Grid: A History of Crosswords and Their Fans 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z There’s just the “everydayness” of Binx’s life in New Orleans and the slight diversion of an overnight train ride. We Still Live Within the Mediated, Alienated World of “The Moviegoer” 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z For most of the album, tempos are slow and deliberate, with only a few upbeat diversions; minor chords predominate. Critics' Choice: CDs From Los Lobos, Seu Jorge and Almaz, and Dr. John 2010-08-01T22:33:00Z British Airways told Fox News they apologized to passengers for the delay, calling the diversion to New York a "precaution, following a minor technical issue." Flight that left over 200 passengers sleeping on the airport floor lands 3 days after schedule 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Pamela Lenci, general manager of Caldera House, a new hotel in Jackson Hole, said that top ski locales offer plenty of diversions in the summer and fall, too. How to Enjoy a Ski Destination When It’s Not Ski Season 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z The idea that the key word in “The Paris Diversion” is “diversion,” and that we are being put through something very petty, is just unthinkable. In ‘The Paris Diversion,’ a Spy Stumbles in a Belated Sequel 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z This sleight-of-mouth may be just a diversion from the larger concerns facing the Jets this season, but it’s emblematic of the N.F.L.’s careful tending of its image and the role that N.F.L. | 'Hard Knocks': Jets Love Rex Ryan, but Tony Dungy Faults His Mouth 2010-08-20T22:18:00Z The prologue remarks, for example: “A family of five unmarried daughters is sure of attracting the sympathetic concern of all their neighbors, particularly where other diversions are few.” Books of The Times: ?Death Comes to Pemberley? by P. D. James - Review 2011-12-26T22:48:22Z The Coral Pink Sand Dunes state park, a sweeping expanse covering 3,730 acres, and just a small diversion off our route, had become popular for sandboarding, said the guidebook. Ski safari in Utah 2010-12-18T00:07:45Z She calls sports a "wonderful diversion from myself." Caitlyn Jenner discusses winning Olympic gold 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z They're diversions built around recognizable human beings -- characters with motivations and quirks, and perhaps a code. "Human Target": How Fox's stellar action show went horribly wrong 2011-02-02T15:03:00Z But in Jones’s capable hands, tension builds without diversion. In Paradise, ‘Men Can’t Control Themselves’ 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Why go to theaters to see these diversions when Netflix is pumping them into your living room? ‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ Puts Keanu Reeves Back on Top at the Box Office 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z In between acts, there were kid-friendly diversions like a dance-off, or a race among mascots of the Washington Nationals: oversized versions of presidents like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. Obama girls rock out with military kids at concert 2013-01-20T03:16:10Z A fun and fascinating diversion from the political stuff I usually read. Review | A former congressman asked his old colleagues for book suggestions. Here’s their list. 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Such wild diversions were nothing compared with the beasts that frequented the neighboring sea. With civil war and a tsunami behind it, Sri Lanka’s east coast is opening up to tourism 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z All this day/night business is a diversion. Notes & Queries: Why did Cinderella's slipper come off? 2013-01-09T16:00:02Z Bullock and Tatum’s chemistry together helped make “The Lost City,” directed by the brothers Adam and Aaron Nee, an appealing romantic-comedy diversion with shades of 1984′s “Romancing the Stone.” Carried by star power, ‘The Lost City’ dethrones ‘Batman’ 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z And while “Queen Bees,” in theaters Friday, is more of fun diversion, Burstyn remains a magnificent and fierce screen presence. Q&A: Ellen Burstyn on her acting life, and never retiring 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z At this point, however, it should be pointed out that Sightseers is not quite the sunny diversion it first appears. Ben Wheatley's Sightseers brings English tourist trail to Cannes 2012-05-17T19:00:03Z It takes a true skill set and a distinct pop sensibility to turn a large-scale commercial property with no pretense to art and a great many moving parts into a smoothly enjoyable diversion. Review: ‘Tomb Raider’ and the Perils of Blockbustering 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The diversion is a cross-promotion with Jack Link’s beef jerky, which has packaging suitable for tossing. Just Tossing Around the Old Bag of Corn 2011-09-15T03:37:50Z Better to chart visually the opera’s progression from initial diversion to final bloodshed, when gloominess is indeed in order. Music: 'Les Hugenots,' Making Operatic History Again 2011-06-21T11:21:41Z The New York Times’s “The Daily” and NPR’s “Up First” reinvented daily morning news for a medium better known for its leisurely diversions. 12 Surprising Reasons to Be Grateful for the Arts in 2017 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Many festivals pride themselves on offering non-music diversions such as art installations or novel culinary options. Review | Post Malone is the perfect pop star for this American moment. That’s not a compliment. 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z And so, I prepared myself for a little diversion. An orgasm almost killed me! 2013-01-19T22:00:00Z Wilson builds every episode around teaching some new skill before getting interrupted by a diversion that seems to stumble into a philosophical meditation on a broader theme. The Most Adventurous Comedy Right Now Is Also the Most Real 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z I stayed true to my diversion program and went to NA meetings every day. I ran an overnight ultramarathon on blistered, bloody feet 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Today the exposed lake bed is a strange feature, wet in some sections and white with saline in others — an unusually visible example of the effects of water diversions. Rugged Country, Rugged History in California?s Owens Valley 2010-05-06T21:41:00Z They add up to the definitive album on the pressures, diversions and payoffs of Internet-era celebrity. The Year in Culture: 2010 Anthems: From a Kiss-Off to Jolts of Hope 2010-12-16T19:28:05Z This slender novel, which feels like a mere diversion compared with his more epic works, is nonetheless stuffed with ideas and energy. Review: New Books by Anna Gavalda, Daniel Sada, George Singleton and Others 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z This lighthearted cream puff of a piece will still be a welcome diversion. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s opera debut brings relevance to WNO 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Such diversions are seldom offered by this cast, whose members tend to pick out one salient trait and ride it like a merry-go-round pony. Theater Review: Simon Gray’s ‘Common Pursuit,’ by Roundabout Theater Company 2012-05-25T02:01:01Z I initially mistook it for a mindless diversion, one meant to please me, not peck at my conscience. To a Gamer, Minimalism Is a Virtue 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z More important, this diversion adds still more plot to maneuver through. Theater Review: End of Trilogy, ‘The Happiest Song Plays Last,’ Onstage Now 2014-03-04T03:27:26Z She regarded the personality quiz as a semi-relevant diversion while she immersed herself in a long-term field-work project concerning experimental psychology. An Anthropologist Investigates How We Think About How We Think 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z “I think it’s very revealing of their strategy of diversion and misleading people.” Chevron Cites Documentary Footage in Its Fight Against Ecuadorean Plaintiffs 2010-08-04T18:17:00Z And it’s true that for sheer diversion, or post-season recovery, I do try to avoid books that feel like homework. ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: I Could Read a Book 2011-10-21T18:29:04Z If, in their knack for suspense, they imbue "People Like Us" with impatience, they also keep it entertaining, rendering a familiar, heart-rending melodrama as a gauzy and mostly pleasant diversion. Review: 'People Like Us,' a drama in action style 2012-06-27T21:39:08Z “Pretty Little Liars” is more than a warm-weather diversion: it is the next best thing to surveillance video. | 'Pretty Little Liars': A New ABC Family Series From Sara Shepard?s Books 2010-06-07T21:44:00Z While a lot of fan art is just a time-killing diversion, some of it is valuable because it situates P.R. material within a larger conversation about what, exactly, constitutes good design. The most extraordinary movie fan art 2010-08-21T00:20:00Z The musical is ideal for families looking for something yeastier and more complex than the usual sugary diversions. Review: In ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ a Lonely Teenager, a Viral Lie and a Breakout Star 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z A prison agency spokesman in South Carolina, the only other state featured on the A&E Network series, said the diversion program will be reviewed by the state's incoming corrections chief. Md., Calif. suspend 'scared straight' programs 2011-02-05T02:02:08Z "I'm a bit depressed," she admitted after completing a 77-mile cycle on Thursday, including an eight mile diversion to avoid flood waters. Davina on final leg of challenge 2014-02-14T11:23:52Z Sometimes, when all lighter diversions have failed, what a person who’s been in confinement needs is a wallow in the pitch-black mud. Finding the Sweet, Stinging Salt in Plays of Confinement 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z He was a relentless reader, looking not only for knowledge and diversion but for tools of the craft. Anthony Bourdain and the Power of Telling the Truth 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Kemp’s road to nonprofit news was a winding one, speckled with diversions and graduate schooling. Robin Kemp lost her news job in Clayton County, Ga. — but she kept reporting the news. It paid off on election week. 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z The flight continued on to Boston after the short diversion, and landed 90 minutes after schedule Tuesday morning, American Airlines said to Fox News. American Airlines flight diverted after passenger refused to stop doing pull-ups on plane, man claims 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z He began taking acting classes as a diversion, originally, but the hobby quickly turned into an obsession and eventually a new career. Liam Cunningham on Sunday's Sad 'Game of Thrones' Moment 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z And with its 120 artifacts, gallery stage sets, videos, games and diversions, it doesn’t just round up the usual suspects. Exhibition Review: ‘American Spirits’ at the National Constitution Center 2012-10-18T22:30:49Z “Books for Idle Hours” is especially interesting on the emergence of a new type of textual diversion: the American summer novel. The Invention of the “Beach Read” 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Stories, he explained, can also be a welcome diversion from the barrage of images we’re often submitted to. The New Museum Is Offering Strange Stories for Trying Times 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z That’s the theme of Magic in the Moonlight, a minor comic diversion about séances and illusions that stacks up as not great, not awful but medium Woody. Medium Woody in Magic in the Moonlight 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z As I came to the end of my three weeks of theatergoing here, they turned out to be perfect diversions for a hedonistic summer’s night. Summertime, and the Revivals in London are Breezy 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Why do dads always shy from their daughters’ injuries by watching sports or engaging in some other diversion just to avoid directly dealing with her vulnerability and his inability to protect her from everything? 'Fargo' Recap: Fool's Paradise 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z “He thought it would be a diversion. He did what he loves, and what he loved is documenting this very ephemeral world.” Bill Cunningham, Legendary Times Fashion Photographer, Dies at 87 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z No, this is not some elaborate day-before-April-Fool's-Day joke but instead a very tactical diversion technique. 'American Idol' Top 10 is Timmy's World, and the rest of them are just living in it. 2010-03-31T16:02:00Z That looseness drives the record, as do easy structures that allow for quickie improvisations, strange four- and eight-bar diversions and an overall vibe of musicians making it work live in the studio. D'Angelo releases 'Black Messiah,' his politically charged new album 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z There's always going to be some element of guilt over seeing such private painful moments presented as diversion to strangers. "Couples Therapy" is back with "something almost miraculous" born from our shared crisis 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z One of urban life’s uncommon diversions is the chance to ransack the drawers of an anonymous neighbor. T Magazine: Su Casa Es Mi Casa 2013-05-05T21:00:17Z Her passion is part-time, a growing diversion from her day job at an Atlanta catering company. | Pop Art Pop Tarts 2010-12-16T21:43:00Z In 1967, candy-colored psychedelic pop and rock provided a short-lived but euphoric diversion from conflicts that would almost immediately resurface: the Vietnam War and America’s racial tension. The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at 50: Still Full of Joy and Whimsy 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z As ever, the tunes were standard Rollins fare – calypsos like Global Warming and a finale of Don't Stop The Carnival, tender ballads racked by sardonic diversions, barging runs and sly quotes. Sonny Rollins/The Bad Plus 2010-11-21T22:30:00Z But for now, just play the kitchen’s game and schedule pasta as a midmeal diversion. Looks Aren’t Everything at Café Altro Paradiso 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z But he said he hoped they will see it as a diversion and "not social or political commentary." Iranian-Americans get the reality TV treatment 2012-03-10T18:31:05Z Obituaries are a paradox of sorts, a distraction toward meaningfulness, a diversion to what really matters. Perspective | Obituaries are the only redemptive news anymore 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z In Kyiv on Saturday, the event offered a diversion from the battlefield. Sweden Wins a Eurovision Song Contest That Showed Solidarity With Ukraine 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z Without him, "Premium Rush" is a passable diversion that mostly keeps in the defined lanes of an action film. Review: Shannon rides away with 'Premium Rush' 2012-08-23T14:09:08Z The constant pull on our attention from technology is no longer just about losing too many hours of our so-called real lives to the diversions of the web. Finding It Hard to Focus? Maybe It’s Not Your Fault 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Upstream diversions dried up the delta decades ago. Three Authors See Water, Water Everywhere, for Better and Worse 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z And Finally: As an ardent admirer of B-movie-style stage flops, feigned patriotism and other theatrics, Mr. Wrap finds the World Cup an amusing diversion. City Light’s copper heist is pure-grade comedy gold 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Here, however, these diversions carry as much weight as the romance, which means that the focus finally remains as much on the Cuban people as on their two charmingly sincere stand-ins. A Film Series Honors Black Women Directors 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Theatrically, Mr. Browne's show offered a peppy diversion from the usual drill. 2010-01-20T00:05:00Z In those circumstances, it's unsurprising that the audience feels there is little chance for escape or diversion. What a performance 2010-07-30T23:05:00Z As in musical comedies dating at least to the 1940s, Dawn and Becky embark upon romances that provide comic diversion from the more weighty travails of Jenna. Review: Jessie Mueller Serves a Slice of Life (With Pie) in Sara Bareilles’s ‘Waitress’ 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z They may be the winemaker’s diversion, but they may also be unique and delicious. Visit a local winery, bring home bottled adventure 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, there is little straight-out humor, or clever banter–Ferrante is too obsessed for diversions–but, happily, there is no cynicism either. Elena Ferrante May Be the Finest Author You've Never Heard Of 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z It had the coughs, the stutters, the surreal diversions in discussions of cats, the reveals — because it was interrogatory in nature. Their Downtown Hits Are Now Sharing a Broadway Stage 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z It’s thought to be snobbishly pedantic for one to think critically about these wines, as if preferring a good bottle robs everyone else of the lighthearted diversion that is rosé. American Rosés Without Clichés 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The farm has also embraced several "waste diversion" measures to make use of cheesemaking's byproducts. Can cheese combat climate change? 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z People continue to read, watch, listen, browse and seek out not only distraction and diversion, but also sources of meaning and connection. Shelf Life: Our Collections and the Passage of Time 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Riddles, games and crosswords might seem like throwaways, entertaining diversions from real life. What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What! 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Except for the T Man, the group was pretty wan, the action scenes mostly ordinary and the whole series a diversion from the Team's essential mission. A B-Plus for The A-Team 2010-06-12T19:55:00Z When the novel’s diversion is revealed, you’ll understand why Pavone prefaced his novel with a quote from Harry Houdini: “What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.” Review | A bored housewife jumps back into the spy game again in ‘The Paris Diversion’ 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z The theaters have been closed for plague, but there must be diversion for the Christmas season. The Ill-Defined Plot 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z The book’s layout is unorthodox: part women’s magazine and part high school textbook, with many diversions in between. Glad scientist: Megan Amram’s unique brand of comedy He spends his time reading philosophy as “an antidote to all the screens, a diversion from the Crate and Barrel spirits cabinet with its lacquer exterior and liquor interior.” A Comic Novel Reunites a Damaged Dad and His Recalcitrant Offspring 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z There are pianists who will tell you that the “Diabellis” have to be funny, who play them as if they were slight — a diversion. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “Così” was long regarded as a wanly charming diversion, and even today productions like the Metropolitan Opera’s emphasize its picturesqueness over its painfulness. Christopher Alden?s ?Cos? Fan Tutte? at New York City Opera 2011-09-18T01:15:08Z These diversions are actually playable, as Daly will demonstrate at a game night May 11 at 7 p.m. Review | In the galleries: These are not your usual travel pictures 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Arrows point to a long diversion away from the Missouri. US road trip: slow drive to Sitting Bull country in North and South Dakota 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z |
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