Word: prosaic
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...into in the '50s," he says. "There were so many challenges left unrealized because of the Depression and World War II--there was a lot left to dream about." The promise of the future then was one of hope, of a technological utopia. But the sometimes bad, mostly prosaic way in which many of those dreams eventually came true (space-travel perception: vacation on the moon; space-travel reality: a bunch of Russians stuck for months in a ratty old orbiter) may have dulled people's appetites for looking further forward. We like our microwave ovens, and cell phones...
...quite separate. Music is good at conveying ambiguous emotional states, at least for me. Some people have written great protest songs, but what I like to do is sort of let the music be ambiguous and have liner notes and interviews that are much more straightforward and prosaic...
...another Valentine's Day has passed. Thank God and good riddance, you might moan. Even if those libidinous 24 hours dedicated to Eros didn't turn your stomach, chances are that you've had your fill of chalky candy hearts and prosaic declarations of amour a la Hallmark by now. The roses are wilting to papery brown. The only chocolates left in your Whitman Sampler are those revolting ones oozing phosphorescent cream fillings...
Without ever intending it, Hoogenboom has defined both Clinton's opportunity and his historical peril. If Clinton can deliver a heroic message on the commonplace and prosaic things of government (Social Security, balanced budget, education), he may climb up beside Roosevelt. But Hayes was not able to do it, even though he was a Civil War hero who, wounded five times and repeatedly cited for bravery, rose from major to general, and in office (Congressman, Governor, Senator and President) was judged to be intelligent, informed, squeaky clean and fully engaged with the issues before him. But there was no world...
...door of a church in Wittenberg, they entered the German zeitgeist with seemingly supernatural speed. "It almost appeared," marveled one 16th century writer, "as if the angels themselves had been their messengers and brought them before the eyes of all the people." The real catalyst was slightly more prosaic: the magic of technology. The printing press, which decades earlier had carried the Holy Bible to the masses, now brought them Luther's heresies. Affixed to All Saints Church on Oct. 31, 1517, the 95 theses were by December rolling off the presses in several editions...