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That deflected the group's gossip on to the student's academic difficulties and weird behavior ("He's gotta frighten the little kids").

Photograph: Darron Cummings/AP 10.21pm BST Schalke's goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand falls after trying to deflect the ball during the UEFA Champions League group E football match FC Basel against FC Schalke 04 at the St. Jakob-Park Stadium in Basel, Switzerland.

What you may want is a helmet, to deflect the bean balls of outrage that one group or another is sure to aim at your head before long.

For example, participants in the more homogenous groups made potentially controversial comments whilst participants in the more heterogeneous groups appeared to make more attempts to deflect the conversation away from ethnicity onto issues common to all ethnic groups.

But in alliance with some of the campaign groups, it found a way to deflect the negative press it was receiving on the issue, by focusing on whaling.

He always tries to deflect the spotlight.

King are happy to deflect the compliment.

Dell was quick to deflect the blame.

It failed to deflect the FSB man.

He can't deflect the blame.

The resulting sea-bright clouds would deflect the sun.