Referring to Al Qaeda members who regrouped in Pakistan, The Times reported on Monday: "Current and former military and intelligence officials said that the war in Iraq consistently diverted resources and high-level attention from the tribal areas.
But her attentions are consistently diverted into maintaining an increasingly madcap plot that includes a generous benefactor of dubious virtue, the high-profile trial of a Nazi film-maker, an international terrorist conspiracy and the skeletons in Natasha's own family cupboard.
Governments and the industries most accountable for the demise of Canada's natural environment have perversely and consistently diverted responsibility and accountability to others, including grey wolves.
Who knew?" Richard Ehrlich: "Part of the consistently diverting and informative 'English Kitchen' series from Prospect Books, the distinguished publisher of scholarly food books.
Writing in The Times in June, Manohla Dargis said it was "so consistently diverting and visually arresting that it succeeds in transcending its storybook clichés".
The clips, from unnamed nudist-camp "documentaries" to classics of the genre like "Scum of the Earth" and "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS," are consistently diverting and sometimes surprisingly artful.
That said, the new movie — concocted by the same hands (the directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud and the screenwriters Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul) who were behind the first "Despicable Me" — is consistently diverting and so cute you'll want to pet it.
Writing in The Times in June, Manohla Dargis said it was "so consistently diverting and visually arresting that it succeeds in transcending its storybook clich?" (Dreamworks Animation, standard definition, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.99, PG) TRANSSIBERIANWoody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer are an American couple who find they have earned the mysterious enmity of a Russian policeman (Ben Kingsley).
Admittedly, if he was an ordinary mortal, you wouldn't give two hoots, but Eno is one of the most consistently diverting creative presences in Britain: godfather of ambient music, visual artist, Prospect magazine columnist, one-time bemulletted techno-whizz at Roxy Music's keyboards, and the record producer who made U2, Talking Heads, David Bowie and even Coldplay sound so compelling.
He cites Beattie's own evocations of the successful efforts of Don DeLillo and Donald Barthelme, and takes her to task for not writing a book more like the work of Tom Stoppard or Jean Rhys, concluding, "Pat Nixon is ultimately too weak a character to consistently divert our focus from her endlessly fascinating husband".
"A B-movie-style throwback that's consistently diverting and blissfully free of morals and messages, 'A Perfect Getaway' is just the thing for the summertime movie blahs: it's a genuinely satisfying cheap thrill," Manohla Dargis wrote in The Times.
