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Word: absentmindedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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In a century that will be remembered foremost for its science and technology--in particular for our ability to understand and then harness the forces of the atom and the universe--one person stands out as both the greatest mind and paramount icon of our age: the kindly, absentminded professor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Mattered And Why | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Grace K. L. Kataburuki '99 experienced a similar encouter with an absentminded doctor.

Author: By Aby. Fung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UHS CONCERNS | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

Morris wanted Schoen but was wary of Penn, a large and rumpled man with an absentminded brilliance and a disheveled charm. Penn, who can work wonders with a laptop so long as he hasn't left it behind in a cab, could bring a nonpolitical, outside-the-box perspective to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MASTERS OF THE MESSAGE | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

What can explain these striking reversals of all reasonable expectations? The truth is that Bush, even as he tried to flail free of Reagan's absentminded embrace, remained the prisoner of his predecessor. Reaganism without Reagan is not an easy thing to sustain, and Bush's improvements just made things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of Reaganism | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

With a flutter of contrition, House members voted 390-8 to shut down their private bank, which by this time had been dubbed B.C.C.I., the Bank of Corrupt Congressional Incumbents. Dozens of lawmakers came forward and admitted writing bad checks, offering up the occasional absentminded staffer as a sacrificial lamb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington Perk City | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

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