Word: distractibility
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STRANGE MEN write plays. Their heads fill with babbling voices that plague them when they eat, distract them when they speak and "tsk" when they make love. No matter how many plays a man writes, some of these internal voices refuse to die. They are his "family" voices, the voices of growing...
...buck the system. His is a difficult and tedious task. Pacino gets into so many screaming matches and moral dilemmas that he often seems to be acting all the roles in Dog Day Afternoon at once. As it happens, he acts them well, but not well enough to distract us from the enveloping silliness of the movie that surrounds...
...pointed to the "strong external incentives" which distract teachers from teaching. "We have not arrived at a final solution but we will improve," he said...
...cheaper to get into a cab and broadcast right from the studio? At least all three network news shows are no longer lookalikes. One of them overworks the eye in the interest of excitement. The other two spend vast sums photographing events but don't let pictures distract from the serious business of dispensing information. Viewers who choose the former deserve what they...
...would be a great pity if the public discussion of financial matters relating to the Pope's visit were to distract us from this unique opportunity," the Rev. William Helmick, the archdiocese's coordinator for the Papal visit, said yesterday...