Word: distractedness
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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...
To enhance its security on the ground, the kingdom has fashioned a force called Peninsular Shield with its five partners in the Gulf Cooperation Council. Together with Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia has assembled a 5,000-man force stationed in King Khalid Military...
The only child of a wealthy businessman, Chirac was born in 1932 in Paris and attended the city's top public schools. "Too talkative, too distracted, too excitable to succeed," predicted one school report card. Nonetheless Chirac's grades earned him entrance to the elite Institut d'Etudes Politiques, and...
Mexico's woes have distracted U.S. attention from its own patch of despair in Oklahoma and Texas, said Thurow. Falling crude prices have not only devastated many oilmen there but also their suppliers and much of the real estate industry. Says Thurow: "When the oil industry goes down, the whole...
But it may be too late. For Ahab is plotting with his free-market cohorts, the sultan is distracted, and the profit motive looms large in Abyssinia. At the end of the first act (which runs for a marathon 90 minutes), cliff-hanging questions remain: will capitalism turn the sandy...