Word: boredom
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...However, Adderall does not improve complex thinking tasks. For example, Adderall will not improve reading comprehension but will allow the user to go over the paragraph multiple times to obtain the answer. Without the drug, fatigue, boredom, or distractibility might occur. It is also not clear whether Adderall “works” by actually improving performance or by simply improving motivation. It decreases procrastination but will not turn the “no” of a defiant child into a “yes” for getting homework done...
...into fantasies or roleplay. My uncle once got me a subscription to World of Warcraft, and when he came over to set it up and introduce me to his online guild, I kept laughing nervously. This probably offended him, because a few months later I signed on out of boredom and realized he hadn’t renewed my subscription...
...word “routine” is a red flag in any long-term commitment. It comes with connotations of habit, boredom, and monotony. So over their 38-show run for this year’s musical “Acropolis Now,” members of Hasty Pudding Theatricals were challenged to keep up the energy night after night. It takes creativity, but when you’re into drag, role-play, and four-inch-heel knee-high pink pleather boots, you definitely have an edge...
Maybe there needs to be a camera in his cell, so that victims can watch him pace and prowl and go slowly mad with boredom. And he should be able to see them too: At a Portfolio magazine breakfast, Wiesel suggested there be a screen on which would appear in relentless accusation the faces of his victims, "one after the other after the other, always saying, 'Look, look what you have done' ... He should not be able to avoid those faces, for years to come...
...while away the boredom, a few exiled young Afghans began picking up cricket from Pakistanis. Abid was among them, and an unlikely source of national pride was born. Smashed concrete is all that remains of the Kacha Gari pitch now, and the boundary is marked only by lumps of piled-up dirt. But to many Afghans, it is a deeply moving place. On a recent return visit, Abid knelt down, kissed the ground and said, as if still astonished, "I started cricket here...