Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...splitsecond later, I was all over the place and nowhereat once. I left no traces. Late night bullsessions for me were usually about political--notpersonal--first principles as I resisted makingpersonal revelations or admitting to anyunhappiness or imperfection. The closestembodiment of ironic detachment this side of DavidLetterman, I was conscious of my inordinateself-consciousness (meta, no?), yet unaware of howmiserable I was. At least Dave had his TV show...
Using marijuana is . . . like what happens when a person with fuzzy vision puts on glasses. Listening to a familiar piece of music, such as a Bach orchestral suite, the mind is newly conscious of the bass line; listening to a conversation, the mind is more aware of the nuances of each voice...
...mother was very adament about that early on," Ian says. "It wasn't until we became fashion-conscious that she reluctantly allowed us to dress differently...
...University of Virginia (total enrollment: 11,096) drew a standing-room- only crowd of more than 550 students, even though it was held on a Saturday. Says Larry Simpson, U.Va.'s placement director: "I've been here 20 years, and I have never seen students as career conscious as they are today...
...CONSCIOUS PARTY (Virgin). Fleet reggae, produced by two members of the Talking Heads. Bob Marley's son not only carries on his father's tradition but advances...