Word: instantly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...squads gather at the center of the field for an instant after shaking hands and then split, separated from each other by victory and defeat...
...that instant, Reno, who had already pretty much captivated Washington with one gutsy performance after another, achieved full-fledged folk-hero status. She was cheered by people throughout official Washington who had endured similar assaults by Conyers and other posturing lawmakers. She was cheered in the Clinton White House, where a welter of bad news had soured what was supposed to have been a celebration of the President's first 100 days in office. She was cheered on both sides of the aisle in Congress and in her own Justice Department, where a succession of 25-watt, responsibility-ducking Attorneys...
...would be altogether too easy to dismiss this assertion as the perfunctory but necessary posturing of a candidate who promised instant dynamism, but produced nothing more than paralysis. But the clash between Clinton's belief that he's a proven man of action and the apparent reality of his stagnant administration is not just a matter of politics; it is a true dissonance of perception. Clinton is the first president of a generation which values deliberation as much as, and perhaps more than, substantive action...
...expect instant results. It took 12 years to get into the situation I found," Clinton said. "You need to have a realistic expectation of what can be done...
...recently bought into a video shopping network on just this premise) must regard the Home Shopping Network with some awe. It was the first major firm to take orders over the phone while selling its products on TV, and when it debuted on cable in 1982 it was an instant and wild success. The company has faltered in recent years, however, and now faces problems much worse than business reversals...