Word: controlled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...real horror in Blindness is therealization that humanity is not in control ofitself--that at the root of all hope, ambition anddreams lies an apathetic demon shrouded in ablinding white nothingness. This stale emptinessis unnoticed by the seeing. Eyes allow one tocover oneself in images, to construct oneselfcomfortably out of the things one sees--to blindoneself, in essence, to the true nature ofhumanity. When sight is gone, and the eye isforever turned inward, the horrifying epiphanythat life is white, pure nothing becomes, inBlindness, the deepest horror imaginable
However, when the game spun hopelessly out of control, computers again arrived to rescue Bennahum. For his Bar Mitzvah, his dad promised him any gift if he would not invite the friends who got him into trouble. He followed his Dad's advice, and, moreover, he cut ties with them. Thus he received an Atari 800 with 48K of R.A.M. and a dual floppy disk drive. It was a turning point in his life: as his interest in computers grew throughout high school, his grades rose in direct proportion...
...anchors the project. At no point, however, was the audience allowed to forget the details, as Piano often went into specifics, such as how the engineering of the Debis Tower allowed air conditioning to be optional (a remarkable feat for a skyscraper) and allowed each person in the building control over his or her own environment...
...give when I was running for student council president in 12th grade. I practiced in front of the mirror every evening until I could recite it by heart. I picked out the perfect outfit: an off-white twinset, a flowing knee-length navy blue skirt, navy pumps, and nude control-top sheer panty-hose. I was holding my head high, trying to look confident while walking onto the podium. To calm myself, I tried to imagine everyone in the audience in their underwear. People started giggling and snickering, and I didn't know why, until I realized that THEY could...
Even on their runs, the Lady Blue Devils rarelyhad sustained control of the ball yesterday, whichled to numerous Crimson breaks. Harvard took 19shots on goal to CCSU's five...