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Word: distractedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some time during the course of the evening, President Reagan comes up to me, looking glum and distracted. He places his hand on my shoulder and sighs.

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: Nightmare on Thesis Street | 1/27/1988 | See Source »

The capture also distracted the country from a dismaying event: the apparent suicide of Jaime Ongpin, Aquino's respected former Finance Secretary. Ongpin was the first prominent businessman to support Aquino's presidential candidacy. Dismissed in Cabinet jockeying that followed Honasan's uprising, the wealthy Ongpin had since been depressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Roundup of an Elusive Renegade | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

The Cardinal and the Blue Devils will be among the toughest teams that the Crimson will play all year. With the long plane flights to faraway lands coming up, one might think that Harvard would be a bit distracted against the Judges. At least until one talks with Harvard Coach...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Men Cagers Want Good Judges' Verdict | 12/12/1987 | See Source »

Then, since blind panic is no more sustainable than unthinking euphoria, came a crazy whipsawing that continued virtually all week and in markets all around the world. Up, down, up, down, with trends reversing in hours, and then reversing again. And always the questions: Would the stock crisis cause a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash: Panic Grips The Globe | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

In the '60s, during the geologic age called Early Subdivision, a distracted housewife and sometime journalist named Erma Bombeck discovered what to do with two-week-old tuna casserole: turn the stuff into a howl of a newspaper column. Prepare three times a week; serves 31 million in 900 papers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Oct. 26, 1987 | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

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