Word: busyness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Instead, we hear this blather from President Obama: "The American people should be assured that we are doing everything in our power to keep you and your family safe and secure during this busy holiday season." He forgets that Americans have never really wanted the government to do "everything in...
While the Obamas were at dinner, a security barrier was set up outside the restaurant. But it didn't inconvenience diners at nearby restaurants too badly, says Janice Respicio, a manager of Gyotaku Japanese restaurant. "We had traffic in front, but not too bad," Respicio says. "But we were pretty...
That has made the always busy street even busier than ever. Scores of young men, private guards and domestic servants, sit on large white flowerpots, keeping watch on the immediate vicinity. Expensive cars, including new SUVs and luxury sedans, deliver well-heeled visitors by the minute. They are quickly ushered...
The Google guys, however - after Googling a few of my columns - decided not to talk to me. But this did not stop the writers who profiled TIME's Person of the Year when they were unable to score interviews with the computer (1982), the planet (1988) or even You (2006...
As a famous historian, I realize that people are going to argue with my choice. I welcome that discussion as long as I don't have to listen to it. I will be busy doing famous-historian stuff, like droning on to Ken Burns, blurbing books I haven't read...