Word: spans
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...America explore the rich reciprocal possibilities of the fatwa. A policy of focused brutality does not come easily to a self-conscious, self-indulgent, contradictory, diverse, humane nation with a short attention span. America needs to relearn a lost discipline, self-confident relentlessness?and to relearn why human nature has equipped us all with a weapon (abhorred in decent peacetime societies) called hatred...
...recognize that the schedule for the start of the fall semester this year was an unusual one, due to the long span of time between the opening of the Houses and the start of classes. This change was a welcome one for many students who found the early move-in more convenient. Yet administrators were undoubtedly concerned that students would take advantage of a week without responsibilities to move back en masse or to throw wild parties. The University Housing Office website dissuaded students from returning early by noting that private parties would not be allowed and that the dining...
...gadget at this week's National Hardware Show in Chicago is a breakthrough in...night-light technology? Yep, the Elumina Dimmable, available this fall for $5.99, is the most sophisticated device of its kind ever made. Its features include 10 brightness settings, an extra-long life-span and a special sheath that extends to cover the night-light's plug when it is removed from its outlet--to reduce the risk of bedtime shocks...
...time to do so” you mean “the time at which you realize you have no concentration span.” You like to people-watch too much. You get distracted from your thesis and console yourself with the thought that understanding people contributes to literary development. (You belatedly remember that the second person is “distancing...
...Clinton's secret is our secret: In a culture gone to attention deficit disorder, the most intense public passions pass quickly. You have only to wait. Everyone's attention span is short. The public images in our minds are made of electronic dust coalesced for a moment on television or computer screens; and you cannot even wrap yesterday's fish in hallucinations. Show me the money...