Word: moments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brilliant metaphor for what happens [in the story]. What attracted me to the story was the idea of someone realizing that their life is somehow limited. It's like waking up one morning and saying, is this the life I dreamt I would have? I think it's a moment everyone goes through. And that's exactly what was happening with the country at that time. America decided after World War II that this is the way life is, this is what our identity is, this is what comprises life and this is what makes life meaningful. All these icons...
Despite the often over-enthusiastic crowd antics, DiFranco focused on the music and seemed enthusiastic herself. She dodged the flying gifts with grins, reminisced about the Muppet Show, wiggled her nose shrugged her shoulders to the beat and laughed like an absolute goofball. In a more somber moment, DiFrance introduced a new song about clinic violence that addressed the recent bombing of a Birmingham women's clinic and the murder of an abortion doctor, Barnett Slepian, in DiFranco's hometown of Buffalo, New York. The audience was silent as DiFranco described in emotional terms the wounds of a nurse whose...
...university's Yard-ette. Traipsing down to the library, I walked out on to the roof--it was built into the side of the hill and from the perch on the park there I was able to look out over all I had left behind. A satisfying moment...
...trees all come into focus. The wind that before had been nothing more than annoying suddenly becomes a carrier for the smell of fresh flowers. Instead of just seeing the giant dump truck blocking your way, you notice the driver's wedding ring and wonder for a moment if he has any children at home. You see something cool in a bookstore's window, and you go in and buy it. You stop to talk to a friend to whom you would normally have been satisfied asking that unanswered question, "What...
...question in place of a ten-page paper. I instantly knew that she had gleaned her air of entitlement and complete disrespect for all forms of academic propriety from being a nightly fan of "You Can't Do That On Television." Although I failed her, it was the proudest moment of my life...