Word: awe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This past Wednesday when I was able to bring my seven-year-old cousin Henry, with his awe-filled eyes, to the clinching game of the World Series triumph over the Braves, the heroes stood taller than Paul Bunyan again. When Jim Leyritz, savior of the '96 series, came to bat in the eighth inning, Henry clasped his hands together in prayer and asked the sky "Can he hit another home run?" As the ball sailed over the left center field fence, Henry knew there were deities of the baseball diamond, and that they understood fate...
First, although the mammoth's head had been excavated in previous weeks, the scientists reattached the tusks to the block of ice before the helicopter transport. The result was something akin to Dumbo the flying ice cube--a press spectacle just awe-inspiring enough to make any avid watcher of the Discovery Channel...
...Provided the privacy thing is not an issue, there are several how-to books and Web sites that transform masturbation into an awe inspiring art. Generation X shops like Urban Outfitters and Newberry Comics tend to have their fair share of sex guides and how-to books. Sites like www.skinful.com and www.mmadness.com are also a good place to start...
...baseball fans would rest more easily if everyone judging the plays on the field had 20/20 vision. When Sox fans go to a championship game, it's pretty safe to assume that they want the opportunity to revel in the heroic efforts of their beloved Pedro and celebrate the awe-inspiring catches of Nomar. Like all true fans, they're looking for baseball at it's best--or worst, when the inevitable spotty fielding occurs--and they don't want the experience marred by the "what ifs" that arise from nebulous calls...
...went to Finland right away and I was only 15," Ruggiero said. "It was my first out of North America and I was playing with thirty-year olds. I was in awe just to be there, to play with people I had heard about...