Word: epochs
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...three Matrix films and loads of tantalizing extras, for an unbeatable price. When you give your unsuspecting grandparents this fantastic gift, preface it with the following question—“Grandma, do you remember the good old days of tight black vinyl?” Though this epoch of history did not in fact exist, when you’re 80 years old nostalgia comes easily. It may seem rude to inform them so late in life, but your grandparents should also know that the world they fought so hard to create by enduring countless wars, President Reagan...
...chaos is a boon to the enterprising young journalist, who manages to meet many of the epoch's most colorful and influential characters?from Chiang, whose cozy relationship with TIME's editor-in-chief Henry Luce makes Rowan wonder if his stories will be censored, to China's impressively urbane first Premier, Zhou Enlai, to the aging ink-scroll master Qi Baishi, who, fearful of the Communists' hostility to his art, locks up his paints at night and wears the key on a rope around his waist...
...lineup of drums, bass, guitar and Leo’s dextrous vocals, the Pharmacists produce sweet, hummable melodies that seem to defy any quick guess as to their age—they don’t seem to belong in the present, nor do they line up with any epoch of rock’s past. “Counting Down the Hours” enters in with brushed guitar and quiet vocals before swing-time guitars and a chiming synth line make Leo show off his range and force. His pedigree in punk shines through when he is forced...
...school years, the typical first-year is like a kid in a candy store. He or she has no curfew, dozens of new best friends, and of course, there’s no teacher calling attendance in the morning. To capture the freshness and vigor of this short-lived epoch in a Harvard life, FM visited with a typical entryway that, according to residents, never sleeps...
...chocolate with marshmallows - thought this a truly horrid idea. My mind was instantly aswim with visions of large stuffed creatures scaring the beejeezus out of Mary Grace (one of our twins) and of lines, lines, lines, lines. (My Disney experience heretofore dated entirely from the pre-FASTPASS epoch, and more on that anon.) ?Are you crazy?? I added for emphasis...