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Word: distractedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even then, officials did not grasp the enormity of the problem. They apparently assumed that the fallout from Nios would be no more severe than a similar incident two years ago (see box). Moreover, authorities were distracted by the impending arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, the first such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cameroon the Lake of Death | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

AS THE MAJORITY observes correctly, Harvard is not and should not be an ivory tower. But neither should it allow itself to be distracted from its essential mission.

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Inevitably Entangled | 9/5/1986 | See Source »

UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE in charge here continue to make decisions behind closed mahogany doors. They seem to believe those who pay the bills won't mind as long as they are distracted by a Yale choir singing Slavic folk tunes at a birthday bash where Harvard profs become what Professor of...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Crimson Smoke and Mirrors | 9/4/1986 | See Source »

Burger, by almost all accounts, was seldom either. In part this was because he was distracted. Burger liked to remind reporters that he was Chief Justice of the U.S., not of just the Supreme Court, and more than any other chief he worked to improve the somewhat rickety administration of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reagan's Mr. Right | 6/30/1986 | See Source »

As with so many other things regarded as typically American, the origins of the sandwich lie elsewhere. Already popular in ancient Roman times, it was not officially christened until the mid-18th century, when it was named in honor of John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich. A dedicated gambler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Sandwiches: Eating From Hand to Mouth | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

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