Word: distractability
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Once you’re seated and the entrée is coming, you’re hitting the hardest part of the meal: no food to distract you, and you’re probably out of pleasantries and basic getting-to-know-you chit chat. Now’s the time to stoke your prof’s ego and score major brownie points, so keep the questions coming on your end. Everyone loves to talk about themselves, and professors are no exception. Good places to start are with basic, less personal areas, like their field of study...
...what, if any, effect these ads will have, but Ford responded immediately with a spot featuring average Tennesseans expressing their disgust with the Republicans. A woman named Maura Satchell says, "My son's life is on the line in Iraq, and they're putting out these ads just to distract...
...gives us some inspiration about where this task force might focus its efforts. That report identifies key areas for improvement, such as the gathering and interpretation of course review data, the restrictive nature of the standard Harvard schedule and course model, and the tendency of faculty to let research distract them from teaching. The bulk of the committee’s recommendations focused on improving the resources available to faculty to improve their classroom instruction.This is all a fair start. A sustained effort to improve the pedagogical resources available to Harvard’s instructors will do no harm...
Negotiating with a regime like Iran's, however, would have drawbacks. Skeptics dismiss the sincerity of the Iranian proffers, calling them ploys to distract attention from Tehran's defiance and dilute the international community's will to confront Iran. "We have nothing to say to them," says a U.S. official deeply involved in the Iran issue. "Every demand and every incentive that we would support has already been put on the table." The official adds that by agreeing to talk to Iran, the U.S. would "absolve the international community of the responsibility to tackle this problem." Opponents of engagement further...
Although the Tunit should help Adidas, some investors fear that getting a much larger shoe to fit could distract the company from pressing the advantage in soccer: its $3.8 billion purchase of Reebok, the struggling Canton, Mass., sporting-goods company. Although the merger helps Adidas gain market share and nudge closer to Nike overall, right now it's a drag on earnings: Reebok's orders declined 22% in the fourth quarter of 2005 owing to weak products and anxiety about Adidas' strategy for the brand. "Mind boggling," says John Shanley, an analyst at Susquehanna Financial Group...