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Jacobovici and Wilson argue that the use of the names Joseph and Aseneth is a smokescreen.
Why bring up pensions at all—except as a smokescreen, and a transparent one at that?
The Hypocrisy Behind The New York Times’s Abrupt Decapitation of Jill Abramson | Robert Shrum | May 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter all, the publicly available information was a carefully designed smokescreen.
The fuss over Clint Eastwood is a smokescreen, obscuring one of the most successful conventions in memory.
Mark McKinnon: Meet the Man Who Made Tampa Happen | Mark McKinnon | September 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNearly 10 years later, he seems to be doing a backward dance—if not into the closet, at least behind a smokescreen.
Davidge paused to study Mamise from behind a smokescreen that concealed his stare.
The Cup of Fury | Rupert HughesBut since we have to get off-planet anyway, there is no harm in using our escape as a smokescreen.
Deathworld | Harry HarrisonThe defenders moved under the cover of the smokescreen to fire on the advancing nomads.
The Year When Stardust Fell | Raymond F. JonesThese and other problems which he poses have the effect of creating a smokescreen of doubt without contributing anything new.
Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579 | Robert F. Heizer
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