Word: instantism
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...telltale sign that a new technology is here to stay when it ends a politician’s career. The reel-to-reel tapes that sank Nixon may be relics today, but e-mail and instant messaging scandals have been shaking up the White House and Congress for years, and there could be no Spitzer downfall without mobile phone recordings or online banking records. Just last month, another new medium won legitimacy as evidence of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s alleged affair with his Chief of Staff was exposed via text messages...
...stript heart. She struggled, gasping, in the direction of the stables.When she came into the stable, she was thoroughly wet. She was unraveled.The mares and steeds were pawing restlessly at the ground in their stalls. “Stable Boy!” she called. There was no answer.An instant later The Stable Boy strode through the door. He was soaked from the rain, and as he entered he pulled off his shirt in one fluid motion and tossed it to the ground. In the gray light of the stable, drops of rainwater could be seen sliding between the Olympian...
Fast forward to Massachusetts, following recruitment at Harvard and the harsher environment of varsity tennis. As a fledging freshman-and-sophomore partnership competing against more established opponents, their on-court chemistry was instant...
...Felicity had felt every hard muscle as she slid down his unyielding length. She could feel her own body quiver, as though she had lost control. He held her against him for an instant without letting her feet touch the ground. Their eyes were locked together, and in his hazel-flecked gaze she saw a smile dissolve into the ruthless determination of a predator. Deliberately, tantalizing, he let her feet touch the ground. Still he did not release her. Felicity, her whole body trembling, tangled her fingers in his hair and pressed herself even closer. Her eyes closed...
...savers of lives, and was back in his popemobile. As he rolled away up the ramp and the bagpipes above began playing again, the 9/11 representatives wiped away tears and hugged each other. As photographers and cameramen put away their equipment, a local radio reporter was giving an instant report from his cell phone: "There's a humility about this man," he said, "that is quite something." he said...