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The papers note that top presidential bodyguard Larry Cockell--pictured on the USAT , WP and NYT top fronts--was so distracted by the events that he accepted being temporarily relieved of his presidential duties until the matter is resolved.
I am even distracted from studying.
Morrison says winning the Nobel Prize was a bit of a curse, as it distracted her from her work.
Gotta run now because the TV news has just started a story about the police apprehending "Soccer Guy"--this sidewalk bandit who distracted tourists by breaking into a soccer-ball-handling routine, then circling and bumping them until he'd pickpocketed their wallets.
Frommer's, like Fodor's, targets well-to-do, graying travelers, but aspires to youthful hipness with the occasional off-the-cuff, misguided pop-culture references: "Keeping the kids distracted is key [ sic ] to making sure your stay doesn't turn into a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon."