We've got great programs, they're doing great things, but the distractions were taking away from that. |
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Fortunately the performances are so riveting that these minor distractions are easily overlooked. |
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The lack of close places to visit, the limited distractions and the short journeys around town pay time back into the family account. |
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The philosophy of the festival is that we're an intimate blues festival, all blues, nothing but the blues, no distractions from the blues. |
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Some scientists believe that we are running out of sleep, put under mental strain by work stress, caffeine and late-night internet distractions. |
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Our world will appear to crumble as we know it, as distractions, false voices, illusions and misconceptions will be taken away from us. |
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We ignored the distractions and chiseled away at the rocks before us at alarming speed, all fearful that the chaos would catch up with us. |
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They relocated to a scummy flat in South London where there would be no distractions. |
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I enjoy being among the French fans and actually having the time to be able to concentrate on the job in hand without any distractions. |
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I get sidetracked by minor distractions all the time, but if I really want something, I'll keep the goal in sight and eventually get there. |
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New Zealand has many worthy distractions, but it was the skiing we came for and it was mostly skiing we did. |
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It is up to you to be more interesting to your pup than all the other distractions out in the yard. |
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I usually try to meditate to clear my mind of distractions, but I hadn't had a chance. |
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Experts blame the distractions of new technologies and drugs, doctor fatigue, and some doctors' sense of infallibility. |
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His ambition fueled him onward, rendering him immune to pain or trivial distractions. |
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They'll be conserving their resources for the last weeks, too, once grand final fever is out of the way and there are fewer distractions. |
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When was the last time you sat down in your own home to listen to a full performance of a piece of music, with no other distractions? |
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Making sock puppets is a great hobby to share with your kids and one that helps them disconnect from electronics and other daily distractions. |
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Performance deficit was cited as the leading cause of error, and distractions were common. |
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The little distractions and diversions that once seemed to add to the richness of the texture now feel like unfocused rambling. |
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McLeish is now secure enough in his own position to be able to straight bat these, hitherto, distractions. |
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With all these options and distractions it can be hard to spend quality time with the people you love. |
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There are so many distractions, not least of which is the incessant chatter of my own mind. |
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Those sailors not hosting visitors had a number of other distractions, including sports fixtures and a community project. |
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Participants were tested individually in a small room that was free from distractions. |
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The atmosphere is calm and low-key, with as few distractions as possible to enable the pupils to learn how to prepare and serve food. |
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The record was mostly recorded in a residential studio, as the band were keen to distance themselves from the distractions of everyday life. |
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Even had he not a thing to do that day and business slow, his office itself would have offered any amount of distractions. |
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This is something I personally like to see from a mouse pad, no graphical distractions. |
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Too often we busy ourselves with petty distractions, in order to escape the confrontation with reality. |
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Given its remoteness from urban distractions, the Burren College of Art needs a high level of maturity in students. |
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Without the pressures and distractions of the group, I started my bike first try, and then flew off, shifting into fourth gear without a hitch. |
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Interfaces and translators enable developers to focus on the business logic without the distractions of how the data is formatted or presented. |
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He will not allow any distractions that may divert from hunting and shooting. |
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Of course, the print media of today has to compete with a lot more distractions, from video games to the Internet. |
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Also, the silver bezels around the instruments reflect passing street lights and this produces distractions. |
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There are other distractions too, I noticed, wearing tight sarongs, and rather come-hither smiles. |
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But Blunkett's tough approach to social reform could only be argued by a minister free of personal distractions. |
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The tight, slick production makes this easily playable at high volume without many gimmicky distractions. |
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Stripped of our comforts and distractions, we continue to face our strongest temptations. |
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When Oates veers back into the war story, it is regrettable that certain factual inaccuracies become distractions. |
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The expected distractions during a session with Roni are itemized. |
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A successful program will minimize distractions, allowing management to concentrate on the critical paths that contain system components most sensitive to cost and schedule. |
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Although slim-soled shoes, talcum powder on the thighs and ammonia capsules are all staples of powerlifting, they are unnecessary distractions for bodybuilders. |
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Not only would private prayer keep them from being puffed up by human praise, it would help them focus their hearts on God, removing them from the distractions of the world. |
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There are so many distractions for young people these days and he got side-tracked. |
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Audiences may also grow weary of the exposés and demand other distractions. |
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Finally, when you've removed distractions and planned your working hours, it's time to indulge yourself. |
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Let us be on guard against the kinds of distractions that drain us, or that lead us to compromise and sin. |
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For the moviegoer, the advantage is a more compelling, more captivating experience without the distractions that the degradation of film brings. |
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With all those other distractions available to potential audiences, who'd want to be a trapeze artist? |
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Shun distractions, in other words, and you should encode events more effectively. |
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Photographs and bric-a-brac on a desk may add to its picturesqueness, but they are obstacles and distractions. |
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In the city, there are those little incidents of everyday imprudence, the memory lapses, the distractions and other abuses of city driving. |
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The restless mind is withdrawn from the outward distractions and turns inward and is stilled. |
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Courses promise to help people shed the distractions and stresses of the consumerist world and journey towards their inner wholeness. |
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Distractions get in the way of really attending to new information, so cut out distractions wherever possible. |
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One crucial factor is that both my wife and I choose not to become involved with outside distractions. |
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But soon Mary has her own distractions, like spitting blood after biting down on an ancient claw nail hidden in a neighbor's cake. |
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I'm eliminating all distractions, and I've eliminated all the bad influences around me. |
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Environmental training develops the dog's concentration and focus by acclimatising it to distractions from the environment. |
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Thailand, too, he said, has significant room for expansion after underspending in recent years as a result of political distractions. |
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That's why we use sensible audio levels and are careful to avoid distractions and overstimulation. |
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These altercations may serve as distractions from the country's economic woes, but they provoke much bitterness. |
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The village brims with typically Québec charm and offers family distractions that go beyond mere entertainment. |
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No distractions, and you won't have to worry about kennels.' This evidence of her concern had moved Tom. |
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Byron also has many other distractions including great shopping and a variety of alternate therapies. |
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Sometimes you want to be leaning forward, writing, without any distractions. |
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We don't have that, and we're finding that there are a lot of distractions in the larger centres. |
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Interviews should take place as soon as possible after the alleged incident, and in an atmosphere that minimizes distractions. |
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Instead, we have had delays, we have had distractions and we have had excuses. |
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However the overriding motivation for the ministry was that of eliminating distractions from the goal of improved student achievement. |
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Staff of these structures need to be free from operational distractions so they can focus their efforts on the reduction. |
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He clears away distractions and allows himself to focus on the task at hand. |
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If distractions are a big problem when taking tests, ask the teacher about taking the test in a quiet area. |
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Every contestant must have similar condition for their speeches, free of distractions, in order to offer a fair competition. |
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To apply makeup to young children, set up shop in a quiet place, without distractions. |
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We could entertain our minds with all kinds of thoughts and distractions. |
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It might appear from the above that postures, breathing techniques and sensory control automatically purge the mind of distractions and bring about equilibrium and calm. |
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Hedonistic distractions have existed from Caligula and Nero to Andreotti and berlusconi. |
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Online distractions have sapped the will to compete, let alone the will to win. |
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I have a hard time believing that he was calmly lecturing others on his lifestyle choice, and it was probably causing the distractions that the school claimed. |
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There are enough distractions already, from the trumpet sounding the start of a new race to other customers knocking on the wooden window sill for luck. |
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We either let the steroid era ruin the game for us or we agree that the game is greater than such distractions. |
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Without vision, we're susceptible to trivial distractions which result in disunity, dilution of the truth, unfruitfulness and spiritual aimlessness. |
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Concentrate. Shut out all distractions, interruptions and noises off. |
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To get in the right headspace, he started working on tracks at his uptown home, removing himself from downtown rock-scene distractions and choosing isolation over inebriation. |
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Comic interludes and sundry distractions prevent the magnetic theme of love-even in Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear-from attracting all the iron filings, as it were. |
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He occasionally forgets a name, he loses his train of thought when there are distractions, and he has walked away from six pairs of expensive sunglasses. |
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Incredibly, with Bryant idling on the bench, the Lakers shook off their distractions and managed to thrash one of their supposed title rivals in their opening game. |
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The time of solitude, far from the din of the city and from other distractions allowed them to see more clearly not only their own limitations but also God's proximity. |
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You can't turn yourself into an attentive listener unless you make a deliberate effort to tune out internal distractions and concentrate on what the speaker is saying. |
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And never has that been harder to believe than now, with the arrival of summer and the entrancing distractions it brings to a country like Greece. |
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For my part, I should like to avoid such distractions, and return to the main question which we are beginning to forget: namely, how to disarm Saddam Hussein without waiting ten years to do it. |
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The white paper examines the central challenges associated with mobile analytics and addresses some of the distractions commonly used to confuse analytics buyers. |
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The idea of having a frame, a restricted field, sometimes represents a constraint but at other times allows you to immediately eliminate any distractions. |
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A prisoner is normally allowed to associate with other prisoners during the daytime and have access to television, newspapers and other distractions in his room. |
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A law reform commission has a single, well-defined purpose and is therefore able to concentrate on this objective without the distractions faced by agencies with several aims and responsibilities. |
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John schematized the steps of mystical ascent a self-communion that in quietude leads the individual from the inharmonious distractions of the world to the sublime peace of reunion between the soul and God. |
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We remain concerned at this, as we are of the view that such allegations and suspicions are distractions from the work of UNDP and hamper the organization's ability to deliver development assistance to people in need. |
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Seasonalities of the canola market tend to typically turn higher into the spring given new crop acreage battles and demand for remaining old crop supply as seeding season distractions build up. |
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In addition to the effects of his physiological condition, there were a number of distractions within the cab that likely reduced his attention to the road ahead. |
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With the other exercises concerning the one-pointedness and the emptiness of mind, count all the distractions that interrupt your flow of consciousness. |
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The driving cockpit of this family hauler is very ergonomic when it comes to limiting distractions and helping drivers settle any dispute in the back. |
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The European countries should forget the distractions of the European rapid reaction force separate from NATO and concentrate instead on improving military capabilities for alliance operations. |
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Using short lines on an e-reader can alleviate these issues and promote reading by reducing visual distractions within the text. |
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Medications should be administered by the designated, responsible person in a location where there is adequate space and lighting and few distractions, clutter or noise. |
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No ballerina could prevail against such daft distractions. |
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Dealing with the intrusion of unwanted thoughts during the one-pointedness exercise is much like the management of external distractions you learned during the observer exercise. |
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Our innovative technologies enable these on-ear headphones to reduce unwanted distractions while providing you with lifelike audio performance and a comfortable fit. |
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There are many and ever-changing distractions. |
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They've wisely disencumbered themselves of distractions. |
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Information is provided on the four key components of mental toughness including confidence, motivation, focus and control distractions and arousal management. |
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In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions. |
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During the 19th century, critics deemed them unworthy of attention, distractions from his poetic works. |
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There were a lot of distractions and you always need someone to focus you at that point, that was Andrew's job. |
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After 4 months in the assembly, North Wales AM Nathan Gill left the UKIP group to sit as an independent, citing much infighting and distractions. |
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Occupation of cities and attacks on peripheral military units were viewed as undesirable distractions. |
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Finding too many distractions in his house, Dahl remembered the poet Dylan Thomas had found a peaceful shed to write in close to home. |
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Struggling to finish the book, Baldwin left Istanbul behind in 1971 — the city was now as overfilled with distractions as Paris or New York — and bought a house in the South of France. |
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Now we can do the war thing without these unnecessary distractions,'' said the darkly charming chickenhawk. |
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Regardless of whether you live somewhere with a hands-free driving law or not, a Bluetooth headset or earpiece can help you stay safe on the roads by equipping you for hands-free cell phone use, thereby reducing distractions. |
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The uniform stand build and human scale means it's easy to orient yourself and see what what interests you most, without getting lost in the hype, distractions and long distances typical of other trade shows. |
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At the outset of the 21st century, we have sufficient distractions of technology, gadgetry, prophecies and the like to take us far away from the ideals once sought in humanism. |
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The physical challenges and lack of creature comforts and habitual distractions during the walk allowed the participants to engage in exchanges and truly meaningful experiences. |
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Scott Booth insists there will be no distractions for Glasgow City when they head to Albyn Park today. |
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Smart's poetry is moving in its exploration of the problems faced by a writer who chooses to abandon the distractions of love for the necessary self-absorption of the artist. |
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We do talk, of course, but it was nice to have no distractions. |
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Instead, what they got were distractions and bafflegab. |
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You've to train them in a different way, they train quicker than a hearing dog as there are no noise distractions. |
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Without a space race to captivate the imagination, and with so many other distractions for the young, could backyard astronomy ever make a return? |
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To avoid extraneous thoughts and distractions is the primary aim of Hesychastic prayer. |
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Now the universal craving that hotels seek to satisfy is for something considerably more urgent: a night of true, deep shuteye, with no distractions. |
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In the cool air of their hilltop fastnesses, the toings and froings on the Mesopotamian plain are distractions from the serious business of building a viable Kurdish entity. |
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The transfer from outgoing to incoming yardmaster was conducted in a busy environment with several distractions which would impair the yardmaster's ability to integrate all the information. |
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Totnes is a safe, friendly town free from the distractions and impersonality of city life and the ideal environment for the serious student to study and relax. |
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The gum used was flavourless to avoid distractions, The Independent reported. |
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Just follow the procrastination flowchart and waste time in the land of excuses and distractions. |
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Eventually, the silver-haired tactician revealed all, explaining that the players were merely trying to focus on the game and avoid unnecessary distractions. |
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All of the other distractions, critics and haters, will always be there. |
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A manager cannot become engrossed in routine operations, leaving him only odd minutes for planning squeezed in between engagements and distractions. |
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Research proves that driver distraction plays a large role in road accidents, and that cell phones, whether in use for texting, talking, or browsing the internet, are the most common driver distractions on our roads today. |
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But, like the anti-politics mood, it obscures policy and elevates personality. In 2010 personality and trust are not distractions from the issues: they are the issue. |
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Background noise when talking to others has been minimised by the noise-cancelling microphone, which delivers your speech and gaming commands crisply and clearly, with no background distractions. |
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With poor visibility and multiple distractions, there is always a chance that the anesthesiologist could get drug vials mixed up or put the wrong label on a drug, with dire consequences. |
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As her big title fight approaches, distractions abound. |
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They would be deprived of electronic distractions. |
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In Hazlitt, Coleridgean distractions intensify to a level of high anxiety. |
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He was fighting against a great deal of scepticism in the British government, which saw Europe as the main venue of warfare and all other theatres as costly distractions. |
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For example, will the student be seated in a study carrel, at the front of the room, away from the distractions of the pencil sharpener or pets in the room? |
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Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind. |
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Conservative Leader Stephen Harper tried to change the channel on a campaign of distractions Wednesday as he deftly neutralized the Afghan mission as an election issue. |
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It is difficult to carry on a conversation with so many distractions. |
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In fact, your mind is optimally receptive to visualization during sleep because all of the smokescreens and distractions of the busy day are absent. |
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For twenty seven years Ivan lived alone in his observation cage, with fingerpainting and TV for distractions in a steel room with windows that was 14 feet square. |
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