Word: instantly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suddenly something goes wrong. Maybe the Titan's fuel system springs a leak, triggering a fireball that duplicates the Challenger explosion of 1996. Or maybe the rocket simply wanders off course, forcing ground controllers to blow it up before it can fall back to Earth. In an instant, the Titan and its precious cargo are blasted into a million pieces...
...instant, a pop tune can jump-start the retrieval of a mental picture or reenergize a certain feeling clamped to an unforgettable experience. Just as memories of childhood may come flooding back with the sound of The Cure, Jesus Jones, early R.E.M. or LL Cool J, the most extraordinary times spent with my friends are immortalized through summer of 1997 songs, which seemingly characterize every moment of elation, melancholy and inebriation we experienced...
...other thing I found upsetting about your McHarvard article is that it exemplifies the kind of instant gratification that permeates our society today. We are such a consumer society that we can't stand to wait even 30 seconds a hamburger. Hamburgers are wolfed down in the billions by Americans who need food now, and don't bother to stop and think about what they are putting in their bodies. It's not surprising that we have such an obese population...
Princess Diana's death was one of those large events that happen in an instant, like the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, leaving everyone to grope for some explanation of how a whole world of certainties can be undone so quickly. Everywhere that Diana's name is known, which is most places, people are trying to comprehend the events that led to her death and wishing they could reach back somehow to change them--to fend off the paparazzi, maybe to find a different driver for Diana's car, or even just to buckle her seat belt...
...Will it succeed? "There isn't an instant cure," warns Thompson. At the very least, the Army has recognized a very basic fact ? that when male drill sergeants are given absolute power over young female recruits, top brass must take care...