Word: distractedness
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To kill or not to kill-Menelaus was distracted. Out came his knife and Helen smiled as poets have had her smile, until, hypnotized, he dropped it. But smiling might not always save her and Aithra mixed a potion that would bring forgetfulness and safety. Menelaus drank and Helen became...
The Home Towners. George M. Cohan believes himself to be the author of this story about a suspicious old man who comes to New York from South Bend, Ind., to be best man for a friend who is marrying a woman they wouldn't like in South Bend. While the...
Of education, alas, so much is expected that the distracted modern university publishes a catalogue quite as alluring as Sears Roebuck's. Everett Dean Martin deplores an educational system which, pandering to a materialistic age, offers equal "credit" for a course in Aristotle's Ethics and another in High Power...
Finally Dr. Bach broke the deadlock by appearing to yield. He would order the golden marks paid, if Herr Langkopf would accompany him to the Cashier's office. As they rose, the nervous finger of Herr Langkopf accidentally depressed the detonator, but all that ensued was a slight "ping...
At the U. S. Embassy Mr. Herrick was personally warned by General Gallieni, then charged with the immediate defense of Paris. "Your Excellency!" cried the distracted General, "The German plan is to blow up Paris, section by section, until the French Government surrenders!"