Word: instantness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...year after the discovery of gold to turn the sleepy little town of San Francisco into a boisterous city, the largest place west of Chicago. Modern California was born. More important, the Gold Rush was a ratification of the most fantastical version of the American Dream, the yearning for instant fortune and easy prosperity, for extreme liberty and land free for the taking from the natives. When they heard the news out of California, Marx and Engels understood that this bizarre phenomenon was another way in which the U.S. might not conform to their view of economic history inevitably unfolding...
...Instant Access...
...comfort women," a euphemism for virtual sex slaves, many of whom were horribly abused. In 1993, after years of evading responsibility, the Japanese government issued a statement officially acknowledging the army's role - direct or indirect - in the forced prostitution. The reaction across Asia to Abe's remarks was instant and angry, with South Korea's foreign minister calling on Japan to "face the truth," while septuagenarian former sex slaves in the Philippines furiously denounced Abe as a liar...
...story as old as the Internet. Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction, Paris Hilton's sex video and Britney Spears' unfortunate paparazzi photos have all led to instant online popularity explosions. The difference with Antonella is that prior to her public revelations, unlike those revealed before her, she was an unknown in a competition whose winners will be chosen in a phone-in popularity contest...
...There’s that instant recognition,” says Kerr of his star freshman, who never seemed intimidated in a year in which he led all Ivy League scorers. “Anyone who’s looking at Harvard knows about Andre?...