Word: instants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ulam said that his writing shows all the anguish of a man who "loves his country and hates his government." Ulam said "he should be listened to, but I don't think that he is primarily a political figure. Ulam pointed out that even Solzhenitsyn recognized the impossibility of "instant democracy" in Russia, and that the writer's feelings towards the West were "ambivalent...
...Broadway musical ?five lively actors, 70 easy minutes, the audience seated in chairs designed by a Bauhaus sadist?costs the playgoer 230 a minute. A full day with the Nicklebys costs about 200 a minute. And for each pair of dimes you get another generous, nourishing slice of instant cultural history. Most Broadway shows offer a pleasant enough diversion between sunset and bed; Nickleby will become part of your organism, cast a glow for years to come. So sell the Atari, skip a mortgage payment, pawn the children...
Panic set in only after the train started climbing. Slowly--agonizingly slowly--we rose toward the summit, balanced for an instant--and plummetted. The two people sitting in front of me let go of the car and raised their arms into the air. Somehow they stayed in their seats. The plunge took forever, becoming a sensory blur of red and white railings, roaring wind, clattering wheels, screaming passengers, and green countryside as we hit the bottom. Subtle twists in the track threw me right and left. Unseen rises lifted me from my seat, and the inevitable dips threw me back...
...Thatcher has personal charisma, but she doesn't have the instant star ability of a Muhammad Ali," Browne said, adding, "She can't easily put senior cabinet members into the House of Lords, because that would create threatening by-elections...
More and more people seem to recognize that exorcising inflation can be neither instant nor painless. Says Paul Sullivan, who owns a sportswear manufacturing firm in Methuen, Mass.: "The steps that the President is taking are necessary. It may be tough now, but we can weather it." Says James Graham, a high school teacher in North Little Rock, Ark.: "People are going to have to bite the bullet now, or there isn't going to be any bullet to bite in ten years...