Word: distractedness
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An ongoing investigation into the deadly February 9 collision of the USS Greeneville and the Japanese fishing boat Ehime Maru was going nowhere fast. Civilians and Navy personnel on board the submarine that day reported that careful and routine surveillance did not at any time reveal the presence of ships...
The setbacks didn't seriously dent Sharon's lead in the polls. For one thing, Israelis' attention was distracted by the intifadeh. Three more Israelis died in terrorist attacks last week, bringing the total to 48 in this intifadeh. Whether or not Israelis blame Sharon for the Lebanon debacle, Barak...
Three weeks before Christmas, he decided to send letters to only 38 sheriff's employees. Within days of the mailing, he met with some of them and decided to let eight stay on. Some friends noticed that Derwin had a lot on his mind, too distracted by the tasks ahead...
Before Sharon is able to move at all, he'll have to form a government - no mean feat at the best of times in Israel's fractious parliament, and with the added disadvantage that the balance of seats in the Knesset remains unchanged (Tuesday's election is solely to select...
At Bush's transition headquarters in Washington last week, where everyone was distracted by the spectacular self-destruction of Labor nominee Linda Chavez, aides were slow to notice that the Ashcroft nomination was taking on water. Republican Senators began to grumble about sloppy Bush teamwork; some friendly Democrats had praised...