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Word: distractedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Above all, you must not permit yourself to be picked up in hash houses by girls like Marcy (Rosanna Arquette). Even though she is pretty. Even though she claims to share your interest in the life and work of Henry Miller. For if she succeeds in luring you southward to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mean Streets in Nighttown After Hours | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

With many of the players distracted by an injured Lion writhing on the ground, play continued in front of the Harvard goal.

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Lions Sting Booters | 9/21/1985 | See Source »

In 1979, Johnson returned to Harvard to save a sinking PBH, which then had only $95 in the bank. Six years ago, he says, PBH was caught up in ideological debates and investment decisions. It was "distracted from social service, caught up in rhetorical politics," Johnson says.

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: A Less Showy Kind of Activism | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

In 1979, Johnson returned to Harvard to save a sinking PBH, which then had only $95 in the bank. Six years ago, he says, PBH was caught up in ideological debates and investment decisions. It was "distracted from social service, caught up in rhetorical politics," Johnson says.

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: A Less Showy Kind of Activism | 9/12/1985 | See Source »

Compared with the misfortunes of Union Carbide, Job had it easy. The company's problems began nearly a decade ago with a profit slump that has persisted ever since. Then this past December came the leak of methyl isocyanate gas from a plant in Bhopal, India, which killed 2,500...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troubles Aplenty At Union Carbide | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

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