Word: instantly
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...wonder sometimes if there may not in fact be a correlation between the tyranny of the instant, in our accelerated, data-filled information culture, and the longing for those graces that belong to a more spacious time. Perhaps people crave, and are demanding, a return to something deeper, or less of the moment. The surprise best seller of two years ago--a serious literary novel by a first timer, no less--was a retelling of The Odyssey in the culture of the Civil War (with a flavor directly taken from the Taoist hermits of old China). It was replaced...
...assures me he won't be turning out an instant chicken-soup book or throwing his name into the presidential or vice-presidential ring. What Powell chooses to do instead is continue to run America's Promise, his "crusade" to enlist corporations, government, nonprofit organizations and millions of citizens into giving every child at risk five things: an ongoing relationship with a caring adult, a safe place to go after school (most juveniles get in trouble between the hours of 3 and 8 p.m.), as well as a healthy start, a marketable skill and a chance to serve others...
With his Nagano gold medal around his neck, Smith would command instant respect. Ironically, he had his best season in the college ranks--heading Northeastern--the same year as Tomassoni had his best year...
...conventional wisdom that she is far too cautious to do or say anything bold and original. That came the night before, at a big G.O.P. wingding, when she surprised even some of her top supporters by laying out a gun-control agenda that calls for full federal funding for instant background checks, outlawing all cop-killer bullets, upholding the assault-weapons ban and mandating child-safety locks. The speech received at least one hearty boo, and when it was over, the applause was spotty. "I don't know what she was thinking," said a perplexed resident of the state whose...
Tyrants like Hafez Assad, Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein and Milosevic didn't have to check with anybody before they cut a deal with Jackson. They just did it, providing him with instant gratification and themselves with a propaganda bonanza that typically includes the reverend's fervently imploring the U.S. President to give them a call. If Jackson were to bad-mouth the butcher with whom he was just holding hands and praying, the next one just might turn him away...