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Four a.m. rolls around, and it’s finally time to write that thesis—or at least that thesis title. After sitting down at your computer, you open a blank document and carefully set down your pithy words. You stare at the screen for a while, only...

Author: By Aliza H. Aufrichtig and Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Thesis Eating: Procrastination Alimentation | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

Tauber said that the committee would be wise to finish the negotiations quickly so as not to be distracted from what she called its main focus.

Author: By Cora K. Currier and Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Schools Superintendent Gets New Contract | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

It is fitting that the man who sparked the current predicament, Mastella, hails from the region of Campania, home to a wretched public-works emergency - trash has gone uncollected for weeks. And that is not the only reminder that distracted political leadership has direct consequences on people's lives. Another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dearth of Courage | 1/23/2008 | See Source »

Losing our faculties over a matter like sex ought not to make much sense for a species like ours that relies on its wits. A savanna full of predators, after all, was not a place to get distracted. But the lure of losing our faculties is one of the things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Science of Romance: Why We Love | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

Losing our faculties over a matter like sex ought not to make much sense for a species like ours that relies on its wits. A savanna full of predators, after all, was not a place to get distracted. But the lure of losing our faculties is one of the things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Love | 1/16/2008 | See Source »

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