Word: euphoria
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...twin elements of a bubble are euphoria and roguery, with the proportions varying from case to case. The coming green bubble, which is already attracting large amounts of venture capital and government money, displays both...
...will go tomorrow. They will perhaps work as they claim, but there is a chance–if small–that they will not. And it all comes down to the human factor. According to Greenspan, “the innate human responses that result in swings between euphoria and fear that repeat themselves generation after generation with little evidence of a learning curve...
...leafy Jerusalem lane, Rubinger displays a collection of his most memorable images. There is his iconic shot of three grimy but awestruck Israeli soldiers staring in wonder at the Western Wall, Judaism's most sacred place, which they have just liberated. "There was such a euphoria of survival after the war," he recalls. "But it brought on the first seeds of messianism. Israelis started to say 'Who are we to give away this [captured] land, this gift of God?' " That was the turning point, says Rubinger. "Religious extremists on both sides think that God is with them...
...victors of the high-school slaughtering grounds, these new members of the educational elect congregate here to share their varying shades of ecstasy at the news of their admission. It is a happy affair: they revel in the stories of their classmates-to-be and swap anecdotes about the euphoria of receiving an email with news they had been waiting, in some cases, a decade to hear. But splashed across these ecstatic electronic conversations are the worrisome seeds of hubris which may someday metastasize into the harsh misery of missed expectations...
Some other insanely priced foods I sampled were also impressive. The Lambda olive oil from Greece, retailing at $182 for 1,000 mL, came packaged in more gift-box euphoria than anything Tiffany could imagine. The company says it presses its olives less than 10 hours after they're picked, which didn't impress me all that much--how long do people normally leave olives sitting around?--but the oil really was intense, with an acidless buttery, fruity, peppery flavor. You're supposed to use it on vegetables or with bread--though I still wouldn't pay this much even...