Word: horizons
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...this flat kind of standard. You have to use language exactly as they intend you to use it, use the words they intend. They never understand the use of irony, saying one thing to mean another; it's too complicated for them...They live in a flat horizon. You can't be playful with language, figurative language has no place for them. That's one of the most discouraging parts of my writing right now. I have a sense that people who use language with complexity are reading less and less, or there are fewer and fewer of them...
...transition team also seems to be concentrating almost exclusively on the economy. This narrow focus must broaden when Gov. Bill Clinton assumes the presidency. Clinton must have the foresight to look up from his immediate needs to improve the economy, and see the opportunity that is dancing on the horizon, because it may not be there for long...
...otherwise sorry 1992 season. It will, for me, be a long winter, as I dread the spectre of the Boss defiling Yankee Stadium once more. The revitalized Knicks will probably provide some diversion, and maybe even ideas for a piece or two. But storm clouds loom large on the horizon...
...commemorated the 500th anniversary of that event last week anyway -- with the world premiere of The Voyage by Philip Glass. The opera takes no stand on whether the dead white male Columbus was a genocidal maniac or the civilizing harbinger of Christianity; instead it strikes out for the noble horizon of all human striving, daring and accomplishment. Despite the technological resources at its disposal, it never quite gets there...
What's the solution? A New Elvis? There isn't much hope on the horizon. Madonna's exhibitionist tendency alienates many folks in middle America. Garth Brooks isn't kitschy enough and doesn't win over the gospel crowd. And Nirvana just won't cut it with the hygienic...