Word: oblivions
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...possible, of course, that the false choices of August--Was this pain real, or was it all being staged?--obscured what was in plain sight. For a family braced for invasion, hardened to humiliation and threatened with oblivion, what more natural course than to take a moment of pain they could no longer avoid and try at least to put it to some use? By letting people see enough of the healing process, Hillary could let their imagination do the rest. Maybe it would help. Nothing could make it hurt more than it already...
...side of business, but the historical repercussions of his wisdom can be disquieting. Amid the present-day flood of images--each designed to rally emotions for a social, political or commercial goal--the notion of an informed public, once a cherished cornerstone of democracy, may be passing into oblivion...
...Democratic side would be enough to defeat an impeachment before it reached the full House. The chastening '98 election has created a new atmosphere on the committee. California freshman Jim Rogan saw his 15% lead in the autumn polls drop to almost nothing on Nov. 3. That brush with oblivion he blames in part on the fact that his position on the Judiciary Committee required him to second very publicly his party's pro-impeachment line. Two other G.O.P. members who could vote with the Democrats are Mary Bono of California and Lindsey Graham, a conservative South Carolinian...
Similarly, this year's playoff results do not approach the woefulness of the sweeps in 1988 and 1990. Note: I regard the 1995 season, in which the Sox were swept in three games by the Tribe, as a sacred, marvelous aberration, a magnificent stardust leap from oblivion to glory. Hence, I will generally refrain from discussing it here...
...with the frenzy of millennial predictions, spawned by the strike, of the death of baseball. None of these predictions have come true, of course, but nevertheless the attitude lingers that baseball is in deep trouble and needs the Herculean feats of McGwires and Ripkens to keep from teetering into oblivion. This is a myth. Suggesting that baseball needs saviors is to suggest it is in a worse state than it actually is, and only further perpetuates the myth...