Word: oblivion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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LIVING IN OBLIVION: A week's accumulation of clueless encounters...
...plunge into the unknown--and maybe into oblivion. As of last Monday, Slate's daily serving of features and comment on news, politics and culture was declared off limits to any Web surfer who doesn't shell out $19.95 for a yearly subscription. Kinsley, the former New Republic editor (and current TIME essayist), reports that 17,000 subscribers had signed up by midweek, a big falloff in audience but a necessary step, he argues, if the Webzine is to be a self-sustaining business. "Readership is going to plummet at first," Kinsley admits. "But you have to bite the bullet...
...DiCillo (The Real Blonde Living in Oblivion. for technicolor...
...claimed that as a retired politician he will "quickly fade into oblivion," but he has made too much of a mark on Washington to disappear swiftly or quietly. With all the blood, sweat and tears Paxon has poured into his political future, one does not wonder if he stay away from Washington, but how long it will be before he returns...
...black students lit up as they explained that they felt the same uneasiness about their future in this country. As we bonded over our shared sense of exile, one black student did point out a crucial difference: if blacks are ever kicked out, or even just socially marginalized into oblivion, they have no homeland to which to turn...