Word: fleetingness
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From the time it had taken off under the wing of the B-52, the X-15 had been in the air 38 minutes. Its first powerless flight had lasted only five minutes and ten seconds. But in that fleeting moment of history, man had moved closer to space.
Politics was all about getting the public to answer yes to those three questions. Of course, an integral part of the job was aggressively-often stealthily and sometimes disgracefully-painting the opposition as weak, untrustworthy and effete. McKinnon was amazed the Democrats had never quite figured this out. In fact...
Michelangelo Buonarroti was a methodical man. The Florentine genius made hundreds of working drawings during his career in preparation for his paintings, sculpture and architecture. But for reasons not entirely known, he burned many of them. It's possible that he didn't want people to know what hard graft...
Our fleeting entertainment is hardly worth sacrificing student athletes’ futures. My biggest hope is that next year, when I am fanatically watching the tournament, I will hear coaches and pundits earnestly discussing the low graduation rates and possible solutions. It is time they finally took the first step...
Thirty years ago, the world was different. In 1976, a coup d’état introduced military dictatorship in Argentina for the sixth time in 43 years. After the death of charismatic President Perón two years before, the constitutional government had been walking on eggshells; despite...