They started the federation as a diversion, giving it an over-the-top logo (winged lions whose mouths are stuffed with the ends of a hot dog, and a Latin inscription that means, "In gorging, truth") and the mock-serious name of International Federation of Competitive Eating, or I.F.O.C.E.
Focusing on such diversions gives students less time for classes.
The State Department was dismissive – and again, it's hard to fault them for taking what the Iranians say as bluff and diversion – but given the added menace of 20 percent enrichment, the White House ought to be looking for a way to test that offer.
The dates arithmetic average and Standard diversion were given and the (paired test) t-test was used to statistic analyses.
But he offered a diversion: "I'll give him a job if he comes here".
Manohla Dargis, writing in The New York Times, said the director Bennett Miller "takes all this seemingly dry, dusty, inside-baseball stuff and turns it into the kind of all-too-rare pleasurable Hollywood diversion that gives you a contact high".
Manohla Dargis, writing in The Times, said the director, Bennett Miller, "takes all this seemingly dry, dusty, inside-baseball stuff and turns it into the kind of all-too-rare pleasurable Hollywood diversion that gives you a contact high".
"Roscoe Jenkins" is just a shaggy diversion that gives its energetic star and its populous, accomplished supporting cast (including James Earl Jones as Papa Jenkins, Margaret Avery as Mamma Jenkins and Cedric the Entertainer and Mo'Nique as the hero's siblings) a chance to clown around.
The director Bennett Miller, "largely shaking off the official art-house pretensions of his breakout feature, 'Capote,' takes all this seemingly dry, dusty, inside-baseball stuff and turns it into the kind of all-too-rare pleasurable Hollywood diversion that gives you a contact high," Ms. Dargis said of this fictionalized adaptation of the book by Michael Lewis.
Mr. Miller, largely shaking off the official art-house pretensions of his breakout feature, "Capote," takes all this seemingly dry, dusty, inside-baseball stuff and turns it into the kind of all-too-rare pleasurable Hollywood diversion that gives you a contact high.
