Word: instantness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...summer. But arriving in Cambridge, expectations loomed that various friendships and relationships would take shape. For the most part, they didn’t. Save a few online friends with whom I clicked, most of my online friendships fizzled out (and I realized that enduring bonds cannot begin via instant messenger). Our summer Facebooking madness was born of our pre-college anxiety. We faced the departure from everything that was familiar and the plunge into the unknowns of Harvard. The urge to collect friends was an effect of the desire for community, so as to belong, and not face Harvard...
...elevation of Ratzinger, who was probably the best-known cardinal ever to become Pope, has offered a particularly dramatic transformation. Our era of 24-hour information and instant analysis has no doubt helped. Stepping into the papacy, Benedict quickly erased the stereotypes surrounding him from the quarter-century he spent overseeing orthodoxy for John Paul. Even in the first weeks, it was clear that he was not a chilly and unbending bureaucrat, but a basically gentle man with excellent listening skills and a gift with words. He has welcomed his longtime theological nemesis Hans K?ng for a long chat...
...Narnia, using Google maps, yelling out movie-trivia answers at the screen and spending $10 bills: "Roll up in the theater. Ticket buying's what we handle. You can call us Aaron Burrs from the way we're dropping Hamiltons." The video, thanks to the Internet, became an instant classic. Within weeks there were Bakers Dozen T shirts and rap video responses from people in Los Angeles, Britain and Muncie, Ind., all of whom apparently also knew people whose wives have video cameras...
...Investors must understand that the current changes in economic geography, wealth and geopolitical power, while associated with greater geopolitical risks, also offer huge opportunities in emerging economies. They are the prime beneficiaries of the demise of the communist and socialist ideology, the invention of instant and free communication, and efficient transportation and distribution, as well as easy U.S. monetary policies. Investors would do well to have a significant overweight position in countries as diverse as Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and Singapore, which are likely to significantly outperform the U.S. over the next few years...
...Hanson and Eckert are in fine form during the intense moments, but incongruously maintain that high pitch when called upon to be less emotional. These moments are few and far between, however. The intensity of the play isn’t limited to the lines and their delivery. The instant the audience enters the theater, the near-mad franticness of the play takes hold. The area under the seats is open, and between the supports, Hanson is naked, blindfolded, and frantically scribbling with chalk on glass set into the floor. A camera shot up through the glass is projected onto...