It seems likely that the declaration is an attempt to steer attention away from Mr. Glaser's false accusation and back to the larger issue: Microsoft's assertion of the default rights over multimedia files.

But Miami officials hope to steer attention to the city's more positive features with events like a huge beach party in Miami Beach on Thursday for the visiting journalists.

For the moment, managers at the Cora hypermarket simply steer attention away from the euro price.

The victory may steer attention away from McWilliams, whose job security has been questioned.

Since Bush's advantages lie in politics rather than policy, he steers attention to his campaign juggernaut rather than to his platform.

In the past, Jaguar executives had steered public attention to the craftsmen who hand-worked the leather and the burled walnut that have made the Jaguar name synonymous with luxury.

Mostly, though, he steered attention back to Layden.

The flaxen bob, the compact frame swathed in a smartly Spartan black Prada suit and the chic diamond stud earrings all steer attention to her ice-blue eyes, and what is behind them.

Now, the paper went into overdrive in its effort to steer national attention away from terror and to focus it on the economy-the issue that the Democrats had chosen to use in defeating the Republicans.

During its Presidency, Finland will steer its resources towards better regulation, that is to say, quality of legislation, and attention to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality.