Word: distractability
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...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...
...other place in Massachusetts where I’d rather get a burger. Bartley’s burgers are huge, so it makes sense for them to charge more. I think the nostalgic, cluttered atmosphere is kind of funny, and it doesn’t distract me at all. I usually just order what I want, and it tends to fit in with one of their personalities, so I just ignore all the different names of the burgers. I don’t know why people complain about the waitstaff. I don’t think they?...
George Bush usually blows off criticism from Europeans, but he lost it when he heard that German Justice Minister Herta Daubler-Gmelin compared him to Hitler. "Bush wants to distract attention from his domestic problems," she said. "That's a popular method. Even Hitler did that." Daubler-Gmelin says she was misquoted. Rather than blaming the Frau, however, Bush lashed out at German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder in private phone conversations with other world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. "He believes that Schroder created the environment for that kind of comment to take place," says a senior Administration official. Putin...
...While I very much will extol the virtues of education and prevention education in particular, I don’t want it to distract people from the focus—which is the fact that Harvard will require corroboration before an investigation,” Murphy said...