Word: blurs
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...before the rest of the semester dissolves into a blur of midterms and problem sets, we would like to take this moment to salute Professor Putnam for his astounding academic achievements and his lasting effect on our University. We wish him well on all his travels, both literary and worldly. We hope he enjoys his final lectures as much as his students will...
...holding something back, and that would be a lie." Yet beneath the wordplay is genuine emotion, as at the wrenching yet warmly comic climax, when Eggers discovers the box of his mother's remains on a visit home and drives out to scatter them on Lake Michigan. "My eyes blur. I shake. I want to put the box somewhere else--in the trunk maybe--but know that I can't...She would f____ing kill...
...dramatic--in the Hollywood sense--this is it. Jelly-colored onscreen buttons pulsate as if alive. Menu borders are translucent, allowing you to see the documents under them. Sliders glow luminously. And there's animation: dismiss an unneeded window with a mouse click, and it disappears in a blur like Casper the Friendly Ghost being sucked up a chimney...
...announcing the merger of Time Warner and America Online how AOL's Steve Case, who usually wears khakis and a denim shirt, put on a suit for the occasion, while Time Warner's Gerald Levin, who used to be a conservative dresser, showed up without a tie. The identity blur begins...