Word: epochal
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...Abraham would appear ill suited to the job. To make a nation, one must have an heir, and he is a childless 75-year-old whose wife Sarah is past menopause. Yet he complies, and he and Sarah set off for a desert hinterland--Canaan--and a new spiritual epoch...
...figures usually follow an arc from nowhere to somewhere, and so by talking about them we reassure ourselves about the promise and the possibilities of American life. Europe has the grandiose Age of Romanticism. We have the humbly born Marilyn, or Sinatra--or the King. Crystallize an epoch in an individual, and you offer individuals the hope of transcending their epoch...
...figures usually follow an arc from nowhere to somewhere, and so by talking about them we reassure ourselves about the promise and the possibilities of American life. Europe has the grandiose Age of Romanticism. We have the humbly born Marilyn, or Sinatra - or the King. Crystallize an epoch in an individual, and you offer individuals the hope of transcending their epoch...
...None of this, of course, detracts from the epic significance of the Soviet Union's collapse. It closed the book on an unhappy epoch and heralded the dawn of one brimming with boundless potential for expanding human freedom, realizing human potential and improving the quality of human life. There has been, and still is, great promise - even if, ten years on, most of it remains to be fulfilled...
...ceased to exist. In the early hours of the morning police and security guards hired by the network's new owners had taken over its studios and installed a new management headed by Boris Jordan, a U.S.-born investment banker. Jordan tried to sound conciliatory, declaring that "a new epoch" had begun for NTV. He didn't say it, but that era's hallmark will probably be obedience. As they arrived for work on Saturday, staff members were asked to sign a pledge to cooperate with the new management. Those who did not were suspended. Some 40 NTV staffers, including...