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The Daily Mail Monday quoted the pendant's inventor, chiropractor Dr. Charles Brown, as saying that it "contains a 'magical configuration' of quartz and other crystals which deflect electromagnetic radiation from modern office equipment--and counter 'negative vibes.
He even used the same word--"proportion"--to deflect scrutiny.
The plastic bristles were stiff enough to support the fabric layer under the force of vacuum while remaining sufficiently flexible to deflect out of the path of the knife.
Outside the garden walls, a large rectangular pond is bisected by the Nine Turnings Bridge, so shaped to deflect evil spirits.
The NYT budget off-lead covers much the same ground but is a bit more sensitive to the political angle, saying the budget presents the president with "another opportunity to portray himself as absorbed in governing, and to deflect accusations that he had an affair.