Word: distractedness
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Gottlieb Professor of Law Elizabeth Warren said that she bans laptops from all of her classes not because students are distracted by web surfing, but out of concern that many students transcribe her lectures instead of taking part in the “intense class discussion.” She...
Confidence is a requirement of someone who works with flame, but Batali sometimes slips into an overconfident caricature, the boor at the center of the room. Later that night he will tell Lagasse about a poorly attended cooking demo he did at last year's housewares show for a distracted...
In his earliest days in the White House, Bush made establishing a guest-worker program a priority. The aftermath of 9/11 distracted him from the goal, but he has again turned his attention to it.
Before the usual voices claim that the sectarian violence in Iraq is evidence of the futility of toppling Saddam Hussein, consider that the worst repressor of individual freedom in the Middle East?Iran?is still busy fomenting strife among its neighbors. Its hand shows up in not just Iraq but...
His depression distracted him, making it hard for him to pay attention in class. It exhausted it him as he lay awake at night contemplating suicide and caused him to miss classes as he caught up on sleep during the day. Most importantly, he was miserable. Despite his great academic...