Word: distractability
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...least while we wait on the phone, we can distract ourselves with news about secret pension trusts, corrupt stock analysts, accounting fraud and CEO paychecks. Or, we can read the U.S. News &World Report fat double issue, “A Consumer Survival Guide.” Think about it—more than two-thirds of the jobs in the U.S. economy depend upon consumer expenditure. Consumers—that means you and I—own this economy; our cash makes it run. Still, the best we are offered is advice on how to survive the onslaught...
...stage of global terrorism in December 2000, when he is believed to have orchestrated a series of church bombings in eight cities in Indonesia, killing 19. After 9/11, Hambali's profile inside al-Qaeda rose when bin Laden ordered him to launch attacks in Southeast Asia to distract U.S. forces from their assault in Afghanistan, says Abuza. Early last year Hambali met with his lieutenants in Thailand and instructed them to attack soft targets--restaurants, bars and nightclubs frequented by Western tourists. Nine months later, Jemaah Islamiah detonated two bombs at two nightclubs in Bali, killing 202 people, many...
...hour workweek passed by the previous government - and then scolding detractors for politicizing the tragedy. But at least Raffarin bothered to address the issue; Chirac said nothing until his solemn but less-than-contrite appearance late last week. Geriatric workers hope the news cycle and cooler temperatures don't distract people from the real issues. Says Champvert: "France needs a veritable Marshall Plan for the elderly." With its baby-boom generation swiftly nearing retirement, redemption will require plenty of money and an even bigger cultural change of heart. "All we can hope is that this terrible, deadly period will remind...
...whole new vocabulary for me," says director-choreographer Jeff Calhoun. Hearing actors provide surreptitious cues to the deaf ones--a wink or a nudge, worked naturally into the action--to signal when the music starts. The costume designers had to avoid sleeve cuffs or loud patterns that might distract from the signing. The use of props required special attention, since both hands must always be free. "In solving those problems," says Calhoun, "I think we've created an original art form." Indeed, the synchronized signing in the chorus numbers becomes a striking, original form of choreography...
...many said that his historic baseball achievements—which, several witnesses vouched, would be more than enough to guarantee a place in the Cooperstown, N.Y. Hall—could not distract from the allegation that Rose violated a supreme rule of the game by betting on his own sport and team...