Word: distractedness
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The stinker in Greenberg is the title character, Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), a misanthropic, depressed carpenter who returns to his native Los Angeles after many years in New York. He's just gotten out of a mental institution and his intention is to spend at least six weeks dogsitting for...
For example, Tim Burton. At 51, Burton still has the otherworldly air of a bright kid distracted from conversation with adults by the crazy-beautiful pictures playing in his mind. Since Pee-wee's Big Adventure, his 1985 debut feature, Burton's signature films have dwelled in the realm of...
Obama has faced a strong united front in recent months from Republicans in Congress, on cable TV and talk radio and across the country who have shown discipline in rallying around a common message about the flaws in the Democrats' health care gambit. So he still has a lot of...
Just over two minutes later, freshman defenseman Danny Biega evened the game after going five-hole on a distracted Kalemba. Four minutes after that, junior Michael Del Mauro registered the game-winner when he corralled senior Jack Christian’s blocked shot and sent the puck between the Princeton...
There are a number of evolutionary explanations for the participants' behavior - and a number of practical implications. We evolved in a world with a day-night cycle and as a practical matter, darkness does conceal behavior, so it's no surprise that that protected feeling lingers in the unconscious whenever...