Word: awe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...films are far from inaccessible, and the occasional moments of jaw-dropping awe make up for any befuddlement or confusion...
...SOME DEGREE ALL GUNFIGHTER westerns are meditations on celebrity. As the hero proceeds along his increasingly corpse-strewn path, making one vivid assertion after another of his deadly prowess, he becomes a public figure, a source of rumor, legend and awe, just like a movie star. His reputation--always preceding him, simultaneously distancing and entrancing his public--becomes both a source of strength, making tremulous the hands of his enemies, and a source of danger, in that it encourages people who want a piece of his fame to form an entourage around him. Or challenge him to a deadly encounter...
...plentiful, and we could snorkel at night to provide people with the delicacy for lunch or dinner. Sea cucumbers were not harvested but merely pointed out to underwater enthusiasts as part of the unique marine world of the islands. The 16 species of shark were regarded with passing awe, as they are among the shiest of Galapagos wildlife...
...Statue of Liberty is open again, just as the Thanksgiving Week vacation surge hits its peak, and thousands of tourists are headed for the awe-inspiring sight of the Grand Canyon. By ending the budget stasis now, President Clinton and GOP leaders have avoided not only the real pain that might be suffered by the needy who are dependent on federal social programs, but the spectacle of a lot of government-run operations growing seedy while federal employees were off duty. West Point cadets, for example, will not earn the sobriquet "The Longhaired Grey Line" after all, now that their...
...UTAH "WILDERNESS" BILL IS ONE of the best examples of the Republican leadership's efforts to give away, sell off or otherwise develop America's forests, parks and wilderness. The bill could spell disaster not only for the awe-inspiring red rock canyon lands of southern Utah but for all America's remaining wild lands as well. If the Utah bill becomes law, "protection" for all these wild places might include logging trucks, oil rigs or other industrial development. Special interests are getting special treatment at a time when Congress has promised to slash government waste. And people said there...