Word: distractedness
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Though Klein has since been distracted by selling perfumes with names like Obsession and Escape, he's once again focusing on the jeans war, and his opening salvo is a 116-page ad supplement that accompanies the October issue of Vanity Fair. It is touted as the largest ad supplement...
For two days after his return to Moscow, Gorbachev had seemed out of touch with events. Shocked by his temporary ouster and perhaps distracted by his wife Raisa's poor health, he retreated into the safety of bureaucratic routine. He closed himself away in the Kremlin and used television speeches...
It is 2 a.m. Sunday in the Havana Club, but Juan Antonio isn't dancing. Madonna's disco beat befuddles his salsa-savvy feet. It's just as well. A young woman in a white micro-mini has claimed his attention -- when he's not distracted by a cold, imported...
Even when it comes to sensitivity, you can have too much of a good thing. The National Lesbian Conference last month in Atlanta was less than a ringing success, in part because conventioneers were distracted by the many "agreements" they were supposed to keep in mind. In deference to those...
AT A SPECIAL KINDERGARTEN CLASS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA, a five-year-old named Billie seems the picture of perfect health and disposition. As a tape recorder plays soothing music in the background, he and the teacher read alphabet cards. Suddenly Billie's face clouds over. For no apparent...