Word: distractedness
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What makes a good announcer? Dick Stark's basic ingredient seems to be averageness. He is of medium height, has thinning hair and a bland, open face that is naggingly familiar to people. Stark says: "Everybody thinks I went to school with him. I've just got one...
General Guillaume believes firmly that Morocco is not ready for independence, and he expects the U.S., with five important air bases at stake, to back him up. Whatever the merits and demerits of French colonialism, the U.S. finds itself doing just that. After some misgivings, Americans on the scene have...
The High & Mighty. When King George's only sister, the Princess Royal, distracted at the news of her brother's death, had rushed into her mother's apartment, hair askew, 84-year-old Queen Mary had told her: "Please do your hair properly when you come before...
A Short Walk from the Station is Versifier McGinley's sixth book in praise of normal things, and it is disarmingly pleasant reading. Up to now, she has spoken for all the loving but distracted parents who know as well as she does that:
Just when the West's round-table talks in Germany got going, the East wind blew and ruffled the papers on the table. From the West Germans, the U.S., Britain and France were asking military contributions to European defense. In return, they would take almost all controls off West...