Word: distractability
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Running enthusiasts are rigidly divided into two camps: those who jog with music and those who say the tunes distract them from the experience of connecting with their bodies and their surroundings. The decades-old argument was born with the advent of the Sony Walkman in 1979 and isn't likely to be resolved anytime soon. However, a few new products should add some pep to the steps of those who like melodies on the run--and they might even make some pro-music converts. --By Desa Philadelphia...
Crazy? Possibly. Subversive? Almost certainly. Compelling? Ask the smoke-wreathed, rapt, boogying crowd at Avalon. If you can distract them long enough to answer, maybe you’ll get some idea...
...years away from becoming China's true leader. Jiang, when he took control of the government 13 years ago, at least had behind-the-scenes backing from his predecessor, Deng Xiaoping. Hu may not be able to count on Jiang's support, portending political infighting that will distract the country's leaders from China's pressing social and economic challenges, which include rising unemployment and epidemic corruption. "Jiang has made a terrible mistake" by undermining Hu and hanging on to power, says Cheng Li, a professor and China expert at Hamilton College...
...maintain an appropriate balance between their work inside the academy and their work in the public sphere. “I say no more often than I say yes,” says Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law Laurence Tribe, “principally because such activities can distract from teaching and scholarship unless one keeps them under tight control.” Tribe, who helped argue the legal case for Al Gore ’69 in the Florida recount battle and has been mentioned as a prospective Democratic Supreme Court nominee, says he limits himself to one major...
...loud wallpaper, bad shag carpet or an unmatched desk set that drove her away. When MARTHA STEWART resigned her seat on the board of directors for the New York Stock Exchange (N.Y.S.E.) last week, it was, according to a statement, because she felt the media attention surrounding her would "distract from the important work of the N.Y.S.E." Stewart had been elected to the board only four months earlier, shortly before allegations arose that she had participated in insider trading. Stewart sold all her shares of ImClone one day before the biotech company disclosed that its new cancer drug would...