Word: daylight
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...minutes a week. I took King's concept of typing up every minuscule thought that crosses my head and expanded it. Instead of just wasting the thought in one sentence, as he does, I stretch each passing fancy into an entire article: I hate dogs...I never get Daylight Savings Time right...The Post Office is one well-run organization...Happy birthday, Robert Goulet...Boy, do I love porn stars...
...raced down a flight of stairs, merging into people coming down from higher floors. We emerged into the building lobby. Just as I turned to face the glass doors and windows facing Maiden Lane, I saw the sky change from beautiful, bright daylight to complete darkness. It was as if someone had taken a giant, charcoal-gray blanket and draped it over the entire building, pressing it tightly against the glass...
...worker held my hand tightly and we helped each other across Water Street in the direction of South Street Seaport. We had our bearings enough to know that if we could get to the Seaport, turn left and walk north under FDR Drive, we would hopefully, eventually, meet daylight...
...then there's the seers. Jack Welch, management guru of management gurus, is expected to dispense some pearls of wisdom this week about how far corporate America is from daylight. Alan Greenspan hits the House on Wednesday to say something about the economy and nothing about interest rates, and then take questions. (Expect a lot of bombs lobbed about the tax cut, and for Greenspan to calmly reply that fiscal decisions aren't his cup of tea.) And of course the White House will be reminding everyone to please spend your tax rebate immediately, we could sure use the stimulus...
...While maintaining nurse-like efficiency and tenderness during daylight hours, she insisted on going “off-duty” at night as usual, quickly falling into a deep sleep while her only daughter drained the night away. “I’m not running a hotel here,” remained her response to all off-hours requests, despite my reply of, “But Mom, I’m bleeding.” To her credit, my surgery did extend her on-duty hours from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., a time determined...