Until the local economy is sufficiently productive to meet Puerto Ricans' expectations, however, efforts to sustain living standards will almost inevitably distort development.

The effort distorted her voice.

And that has raised questions about whether efforts to broaden history, if taken too far, may sometimes distort it as well.

You know how many efforts abort or distort.

For the effort of the Owls distorted the signature balance of the Kansas Jayhawks with a unique, aggressive zone defense.

He smiled-- and the effort distorted his pale, handsome face.

He added that the U.S. "rejects efforts to distort the scope of this atrocity, rationalize the motivations behind it, blame the victims, and deny the indisputable fact that it was genocide."

But others, including some prominent historians, argue that these efforts, often called Afrocentrism, sometimes distort facts and turn history into "ethnic cheerleading."

"We saw bumbling and incompetence and inexperience, but apparently not any effort to distort the results."

But efforts at promoting energy security or conservation should not artificially distort energy use patterns, adversely impacting only selected industries, or, as in the case of CAFE, only full-line manufacturers.