Word: awe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...certainly couldn't do that, Chairman Mao," the awe-struck child replied...
...Caleb finds only disillusionment. Instead of encountering awe-inspiring captains of industry who have mastered the Protestant ethic of self-denial, he rubs shoulders with a bunch of cold, grubbing workaholics whose youthful grabs at promotions only mature into grabs for profit shares. Caleb's officemates crunch endless numbers, eye each other suspiciously and find their only communal identity worshipping the institution of the firm, and the sacred text of the annual report...
...have earned more than $500,000 each. Several have become stars in the software constellation and are referred to by their colleagues in awe as "demon coders." To computer hobbyists, their names are as well known as their popular programs...
...from a huge output of drawings and prints, Picasso made perhaps 400 paintings in the last three years of his life. And yet it draws the profile as it had not been drawn before. Not even the most hard-bitten viewer can contemplate this oeuvre without a degree of awe-a sensation not always identical with aesthetic pleasure. No doubt about it, Picasso painted many bad and some flatly absurd pictures at the end of his life. But the good ones are so good, and in such a weird way, that they utterly transfix the eye, while the drawings...
...first piece on side two, "Z-Row Gravity" evokes fun images of discovering a new world with its bumpy bass and likely keyboards. The soft background, which comes through in the middle provides a sense of peace and awe. The last part gains force and builds to a rocking theme with the horns playing a theme of success, or victory which recurs several times on the album it sounds almost like the theme at the end of a western. The high flute with a synthesized back ground, a low clarinet, and flowing strings with piano portray a beautiful image...