Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Life behind the scenes has its merits, I suppose, but deep down under, I think we all crave our fifteen minutes of fame, wherever and in whatever form they may turn up. The key to these few precious moments in the limelight, it would seem, is to grasp their proximity, hastily prepare as best one can, and proceed to flourish, flaunt, razzle and dazzle with all cameras pointed at you. Often, however, this is the most difficult piece of the task...
...hour days became shorter, our interests in collecting stamps vanished, as did our commitment to stay in touch. Throughout the last decade, our annual summer get-togethers has served to remind us both of how close we once were and also of how distant we all seem...
...keep in touch. But once we go back to our separate lives with our own sets of friends and experiences, we would inevitably lose touch again, forgetting birthdays and misplacing phone numbers. Each of us would again look forward to the next summer, wondering how much more we would seem strangers to one another when we get together again...
Unlike Sofen, I find nothing alarming about the fact that the museum contained a "special room" for Jefferson Davis or "still-polished Confederate weapons." Sofen complains that these artifacts made the New South he'd read so much about in magazines "seem worlds away...
...since I asked my parents to buy me a CD player. Five years later, it traveled to college with me, and if I think about it, that little bit of Japanese electronics and plastic probably fundamentally altered who I am and the trajectory upon which I traveled. It might seem odd to make such a claim, but please humor me for a moment--I'll try not to disappoint...