Conjurers are experts at misdirection. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
More piling on and misdirection from the Obama faithful. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Government for Sale] Reference
This kind of B.S. misdirection is at the heart of pretty much every income tax overhaul scheme out there. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Tax Simplification and the Flat Tax] Reference
But now with one quality control fiasco after another, it seems like finger-pointing for misdirection from the real problem. From Wordnik.com. [Smug Ugly - Anil Dash] Reference
Martinez-Conde is particularly interested in misdirection, and the question of what it is about certain movements that attract and hold our attention. From Wordnik.com. [Stage magic isn’t statecraft « Isegoria] Reference
You have no argument yourself so you engage in misdirection. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Government for Sale] Reference
It's called misdirection - no one notices the elephant in the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily O'Collegian] Reference
It is called misdirection and the dems use it all, I mean ALL, of the time. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
HILLMAN: Well, I think it ` s called misdirection because they ` re there to defend her with whatever means they can. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2006] Reference
It is more accurately described as "misdirection". From Wordnik.com. [The Method and the Madness of King George] Reference
All you do is cite what is known as a "misdirection". From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Lee, you were accused of a very specific kind of misdirection by omission. From Wordnik.com. [Plant Deposits at Quelccaya « Climate Audit] Reference
And much easier to explain the apparent "misdirection" antics associated with UFOs. From Wordnik.com. [Posthuman Blues] Reference
Call this entry "misdirection" and I've said this before. From Wordnik.com. [Comments for Jack's Newswatch] Reference
It's classic 'misdirection' used by Vaudeville magicians and carnival barkers ... and the. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Amazon's response to people who write about the patent contains a subtle misdirection which is worth analyzing. From Wordnik.com. [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference
It is "misdirection," much as a magician, on stage, misdirects your attention elsewhere while he pockets the lost card. From Wordnik.com. [Faultline USA] Reference
Behind all of this 'misdirection' is the fact that the UAW is the gold-standard of what constitutes a 'living wage' in our society. From Wordnik.com. [Conceptual Guerilla - Central Command in the War of Ideas] Reference
(zeltergiset, Thu 10 Sep, 18: 30, Reply) if it was that, surely that's not "misdirection" but just a pretty boring camera trick. From Wordnik.com. [B3ta] Reference
Petty perceptions, window dressing for misdirection. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Shapter: Why the Roots Might Have the Best Album Of 2010] Reference
No, they instead use classic magician's misdirection. From Wordnik.com. [Denis Campbell: We're Screwed, Not Even in the Right Game] Reference
Swiftly he utilized this misdirection for his own ends. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
It's the basic tool of the illusionist's art: misdirection. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Richards: Misdirection] Reference
Maybe the very force of Liam's suicide poems was itself a misdirection. From Wordnik.com. [Elegy for the Executive Director] Reference
I saw a case of effective misdirection when I watched today's deal in a match. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge] Reference
I let myself be fooled by the misdirection about "the ones/Your mother hadn't called.". From Wordnik.com. [Elegy for the Executive Director] Reference
I think a magician might call this something else, you know, sleight of hand, misdirection. From Wordnik.com. [How We Pay Attention] Reference
The mistake arose from a misdirection in two notes which the admiral had written on the same subject. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference
The images are powerful, full of emotion, and again in his final misdirection, Moore manages to blame it on capitalism. From Wordnik.com. [Vitaliy N. Katsenelson: Capitalism -- A True Love Story] Reference
The day is coming when Chinese citizens will decide they've had enough of the misdirection and will demand the real thing. From Wordnik.com. [Waving the Democracy Flag] Reference
Closing ArgumentsThe Prosecution says: Nothing to the defense but "misdirection, insinuation, accusations and speculation.". From Wordnik.com. [Ryder In The Storm] Reference
Hence a career which shows little waste or misdirection of power, and, granted the aim proposed, a rare level of real success. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Trousseau says that it is produced by a misdirection of the natural pigments of the body, resulting from age, climate, or disease. From Wordnik.com. [An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners] Reference
The regular reader of Astounding may remember that I gave another example of the technique of truthful misdirection in "The Best Policy,". From Wordnik.com. [Despoilers of the Golden Empire] Reference
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