Word: moment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There is a moment of calm. The panhandler, the impromptu preacher, the line-dwellers, we all wait for an outbreak of generosity, for people to delve into their pockets and shovel over hoards of change. It is not to be. I make the preacher a proposition...
...baby. That's a problem." Boogie takes a moment to think. He takes his women under his arm. We stare at him pleadingly. He whispers something to the ladies and disappears. Whatever scheme has been hatched, we are clearly not going to be the beneficiaries. A few minutes later, Boogie returns and fetches his friends. We watch as he ushers them past the checkpoint. Bastard...
...WHEN WE ARE FINALLY ESCORTED INTO THE LOBBY OF THE VIACOM BUILDING, IT TAKES A MOMENT FOR OUR bodies to adjust. Like infants experiencing our first encounter with gaseous oxygen, at first our lungs cannot process the warm, dry air. As we struggle to gain our bearings, we are directed to proceed upstairs. What precisely lies upstairs is as of yet unclear. All we can see is a two-story escalator ascending into the distance. We walk toward the foot of the escalator...
...yellow brick road is the studio--the site of our audition. The same set where Ananda hosts her popular music video program has been divided into 15 separate booths. My companions and I take a moment to huddle and take stock. We say a brief prayer to the spirit of Sammy Davis Jr., and head off to our separate booths in search of fame and fortune...
Bagpipers serenaded the officers as they entered Sanders in crisp, military formation. Until the moment when family members pinned their badges to their chest, the officers remained stoic...