If you are the only player left, distract the enemy.
"Left unchecked, distracted driving caused by devices such as cellphones will rival drunk driving as a national vehicle safety problem," says Clarence Ditlow, the executive direct of the Center for Auto Safety, told the House Energy and Commerce Committee last fall.
More importantly, the week's court fights are yet another illustration that Hollywood's focus on gigantism has left them distracted by M&A when they could be investing and building the new businesses they'll need to compete with the giant tech competitors transforming their industry.
Black meets up with the detective, Jim Horn James Morrisonn), and sees that he is a competent and experienced investigator, although his recent separation from his wife has left him distracted and on edge.
One session took place just after he addressed a service for the four Americans slain in Libya, leaving him distracted.
A bankrupt PG&E would leave regulators distracted and company executives focused on financial and legal maneuvers when they should instead be focused on preparing the company —and California — for the threat of wildfires made more destructive by a warming climate.
But carrying the bottomless temptation of the internet in our pockets threatens to leave us distracted, less educated and depressed.
The massive required preparation and grueling physical exertion due to the harsh weather conditions can leave attendees distracted before and exhausted after the event.
When we try to develop too many new skills at once, they become competing priorities that leave us distracted, discouraged and overwhelmed.
There are times in life when intrusive, "catastrophizing" thoughts latch hold of us, clogging and obstructing the mind with swarming, buzzing thoughts, leaving us distracted, tormented, assailed by repetitious worries.
Three of her siblings died in what became Zimbabwe, one a toddler who had been left in the distracted care of 8-year-old Alexandra and a neighbor.
