Word: distraction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rooms to study, the bells only remind us of how little we are getting done. Time chimes by all too loudly as we check our email, munch on popcorn and surf the day away online. They're not loud enough to distract us totally--in fact, their harmonious scale is a vast improvement over the atonal Lowell House bells on Sunday afternoons. Nevertheless, we now find ourselves with a new procrastination excuse: searching for the as-yet-unseen bells can be a welcome alternative to finishing that problem...
EGYPT "Will Clinton direct a military attack against Iraq to distract attention away from his series of scandals?" --Headline, Al-Wafd...
Microsoft and the Justice Department said they have not allowed the ruling to distract them from preparing to give their oral arguments in court beginning April...
Suggestions of Presidential sexual misconduct and disdain for the law have disappointed the American people and the people of the world. Those who rely on solid leadership from Washington to navigate the important issues of our day are ill-served when legal troubles arising from dubious accusations distract the President...
MOVIE: Events in Albania distract nation from scandal...