Word: mattered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There were, of course, a few moments of hesitation. We sent a friend down to check it out, and we were somewhat disturbed when she told us about the broken window ("I think they threw a baseball through it") and the fact that it was "really dirty," but no matter. We figured we could handle a little dirt. We were also concerned by the fact that our overtenants kept saying things like, "Yeah, we're really glad we found you girls--we heard girl tenants are supposed to be the best kind. We know girl tenants will take good care...
Well, we have our five- and 10- and 30-minute speeches all the time, and their principal effect is to dull our senses. Can anybody remember a single Saturday presidential radio address? A single State of the Union response? Or, for that matter, a single State of the Union address...
...music is less about stoking cynicism and provoking anger than it is about overcoming both. This is healing music, devoid of irony and flush with optimism and unabashed emotion. "Apathy is boring," says Cole. "It takes real courage to have hope." This is music that wants to feel, no matter how much it hurts. Says Jewel: "People are hungry for emotiveness. They want bare honesty, emotional blood-and-bone honesty...
...movie Contact is something like one of those mysterious asteroids that get the astronomers all worked up: a large body of gaseous matter surrounding a relatively small core of solid substance...
...going to be a bummer if Mars turns out to be like us," Newt Gingrich was quoted as saying last week. Well, whether or not it's a bummer is a matter of opinion, but one thing is certain: any Martian who lands in one of our kitchens is going to feel very much at home...