Word: boredoms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dance. Some of us hadn't seen each other in years, but conversations drifted back to where they'd paused. Suddenly we found ourselves with some breathing room. Suddenly we realized that the cycle was not completely closed, that we had a break before plunging into lives of corporate boredom. Suddenly we felt free, with everything wide open and with bold new directions to walk...
...president of ABC News, while Lieut. Flinn, who had an affair with a civilian she initially didn't know was married, faced dishonorable discharge and 9 1/2 years in prison. Does it make sense to throw 65,000 young women together with several hundred thousand males, under immense stress, boredom and loneliness--then also raise the bar on sexual misconduct far above where it is in society in general...
...days of more boredom than terror, of carry-out food and no showers, had undercut the morale of rebels and prisoners alike. But it turned out much worse for the rebels, who had become dispirited and inattentive. "This will never end," one of them complained to a hostage the day before the rescue. "They were most ready for a raid after midnight or at 6 in the morning," says Gumucio. "They never expected something in broad daylight...
...acts, and we continually get ourselves into difficult situations and look to someone else for a solution. Drug abuse will be with us as long as we adults teach by example that every problem can be resolved by putting another capsule into our mouths. Everything--from minor headaches to boredom and from stress to fatigue--comes under this heading. Is it any wonder that teenagers follow our example? (The Rev) JOHN LEESE Bivange, Luxembourg...
...that, we miss it--and not just because we know we are growing older and will soon be banished to sit behind tables in half-empty rooms, for the greater glory of CSPAN2. We can feel the people turning away, not so much in disgust as in boredom. They once were drawn to politics because it provided them excitement, because it brought them out of their lonely rooms and homes into streets lit by torchlight, into halls where bands played, into tents and arenas and along parade routes where they felt connected to something bigger than themselves...