Word: might-have-been
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...mention the other, more difficult to quantify elements such as the excise tax on high-cost insurance that will bring down costs as we grow. On the flipside, if we keep the current system, our general fiscal health will decay along with the initiative of many might-have-been trailblazers. The CBO has also estimated that by 2016 premiums will be $15,000 for a family of four in the Exchange, well below the $24,000 family premium expected if Congress fails...
...best days and handsomest poses, while he made his way through more-mottled seasons, merely human, with all that humanity entails - the mistakes, misjudgments, weaknesses, appetites and fears. Could it be that the real Kennedy curse was not early death but long life, suffering by comparison to a mythical might-have-been...
Self-described as an “indie-vaudeville conceptual art-rock pop band,” the Players toy with the might-have-been lives of people seen in vintage slide shows. Made up of Jason (Dad), Tina (Mom), and Rachel Trachtenburg (daughter), the Players play pop music with guitars and drums over the backdrop of slide shows acquired from estate sales, garage sales, thrift stores, and the like. Tickets $10 in advance; 18+. 8 p.m. The Middle East Downstairs, 472 Mass...
...Bill Clinton into Rhett Butler.) As Powell's case shows, the romance of the withheld is powerful. Scarlett wanted Ashley because she could not have him. Human nature yearns for--idealizes--what is placed out of reach: Lycidas, the hero who dies in youth; Camelot, the bright, magic might-have-been. A politics of Zen--the most powerful presence is someone who isn't there...
...Navratilova cites two victories and, unthinkable a few years ago, a defeat by the current No. 1, Monica Seles, at Wimbledon. "I looked at the videotape, and it was much closer than I thought," she says with a smile. A couple of years ago, the sense of might-have-been would have nagged at her for months...