Word: instants
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Four years ago I watched my brother break his leg. I have a complete instant replay in my mind. Lee is a much better skier than I am, so I followed him down a narrow cutoff and watched as he stumbled for a split-second and flew off into the trees, where a small elm broke his fall and both bones in his right calf. Lee still skis...
...last hole was a little cautious and ended in the Valley of Sin. Thence he ran it up dead and as he scaled the bank the crowd stormed up after him and lined the edge of the green, barely restraining themselves. He holed his short one and the next instant there was no green visible, only a dark seething mass, in the midst of which was Bobby hoisted on fervent shoulders and holding his putter, "Calamity Jane," at arm's length over his head lest she crushed to death...
Many impartial critics object to the very notion of governmental agencies promoting gambling. "More instant millionaires just waiting to be chosen!" say the radio spiels for New York's Empire State lottery. THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME was the original slogan of the Michigan lottery. Now it is BE A PLAYER. In Britain, casinos and betting shops are not allowed to plug their wares...
...torrid stock market of the 1960s produced dozens of "hot issues"-young companies whose stocks soared on dazzling dreams of instant wealth. Many collapsed just as quickly, falling victim to mismanagement, unrealistically high expectations or, in some cases, outright fraud. Some survive only as names in the memory of angry investors. Stirling Homex (modular housing) no longer exists; King Resources is still in bankruptcy proceedings; and Bernie Cornfeld's Investors Overseas Services is in the terminal stages of liquidation...
...work included Rayographs (images made by placing objects directly on photosensitive paper), startling constructions built out of everyday items (such as a flatiron studded with a row of tacks), and paintings, about which he was the most serious. Ray delighted in having no readily identifiable style. "Life is an instant, a one-day insect," he once said. "There's no time to do two things alike...