ABC1 classification is based on the registrar-general's scheme, but pays more attention to differences in income.

ECONOMIST: Classification

"The court pays more attention now to the text" of the law and the Constitution, he said, and less to legislative history, congressional floor debates and the views of foreign governments.

CNN: Scalia dismisses talk of internal court rancor

Meanwhile bosses grumble that nobody pays attention in meetings any more, because they are so busy doing e-mail under the table.

ECONOMIST: You can have too much BlackBerry

Consequently, Mr. Clinton's decision whether to withdraw this bizarre nomination, as the Center strongly recommends, will be more than just a test of the attention he pays to Halperin's writings.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Case Against the Halperin Nomination -- First Edition