Distraction Obscures Real Issues
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It&#39;s like that television ad, &quot;Another loan lost to Ditech.&quot; This was another week lost to the Republicans. George W. Bush&#39;s proven failure to fulfill his National Guard duties
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With a White House as press-shy as President Bush's, sometimes you have to travel very far from Washington, maybe even to the middle of nowhere, to find out what's really going on.
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Science speeds along so fast that it can be hard sometimes to know exactly    what's known. So now and then its helpful to pause and ponder the state of things.
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A case in which being too buff can lead to a serious problem.
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How many people have gone home after a blindingly stressful day and realise theyâve forgotten some important event or errand? Well, now at least thereâsa scientific explanation for the oversight: stress makes you forgetful.
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Some states have enacted or are considering bans on driving while holding a cellphone, but studies have shown that hands-free and hand-held cellphones are equally distracting.
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Headlines can tell you both more -- and less -- than they intend.
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The technology company's move gives cause for pause until you take a closer look.
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The US House ethics committee&#39;s rebuke of Majority Leader Tom DeLay this week focused on an issue never raised publicly before: the appearance of impropriety created by an exclusive
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In the shadowy world of opposition research and not-for-attribution dossiers, things can get confusing.
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Potential distractions at the computer are ever present and enticing. So research is aiming at ways to keep you focused.
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Sometimes, the two concepts can blur.
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We fret too much about computer viruses, spam e-mails, and buggy software, and too little about a high-tech trauma that eventually afflicts us all -- shrinking text.
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The guy to whom everything is a potential and dreaded &quot;distraction,&quot; now must try to convince his team that the defection of its offensive coordinator is, well, not a distraction. So when is a distraction not a distraction? When Bill Belichick says so?
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In Berwick, Pa., where everything that has happened in the past three years has blurred together to cause a persistent sense of uneasiness, the people already have their answers to questions that will arise at Thursday's presidential debate.
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Many people in religious circles say it's one of the biggest problems facing families and congregations.  Yet:  It can go undetected.  It has no outward signs.  It is barely discussed.  The culprit? Pornography.  The Rev.
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There is another election this week. The issues are not war, taxes, morals or international credibility. They are microbes, diseases, data and international credibility.