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Word: distractedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush. Well, I wish all this wasn't churning around out there. It's distracted attention from the campaign itself. But it will be under control. I suppose we'll have to wait for the polls, which I always declared meaningless. I don't know.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans3 16 2008 Bush: I Have to Wait and See | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

Alas, these possibilities are rarely developed beyond their initial statement. The writers' attention span is short, no more than sketch length. This is not surprising, since they used to write for Murphy on Saturday Night Live. It means, though, that they skitter from idea to idea, never pausing to connect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Taming of Eddie Murphy COMING TO AMERICA | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

It seems that "Poor Mike," as People has christened him, has been so distracted by his manipulative wife and mother-in-law, Ruth Roper (who, by the way, has sued Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield for infecting her with an undisclosed venereal disease--a fact SI deemed highly relevant to the...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Women KO'd in Media's Ring | 6/26/1988 | See Source »

As Dole toured the South late last week, he seemed depressed and distracted. His press entourage had dwindled. Rally crowds were thin. In a Florida address, the ordinarily aggressive Senator was on the defensive. "Whatever you see on TV ads, Bob Dole is not going to raise taxes," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Again The Man to Beat | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

Despite his wealth, Icahn is not about to be distracted from the chase by a taste for rich people's toys. Says he: "Yachts and fleets of limousines and private airplanes don't appeal to me at all. I want a comfortable life. What's the point of all that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tougher Than the Rest | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

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