Word: seems
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...months leading up to the midterm elections, when only the party's hard-core base of supporters can be counted on to turn up, Republicans are more concerned with the priorities of the social conservatives and the business community than with a broader public that doesn't seem to be paying much attention anyway...
...Deane makes observations like "a pulse passes up and down from my head to my toes as though someone had slashed me from behind" or "the armchairs on either side of the fire [were] now mute and emptied of all confidences in the whitened light of...the tall windows" seem not only unaffected but completely natural. Hmmph, that's exactly how I would phrase it myself, one thinks wishfully...
...Nobody here has taken a bath in several days," Lucy confesses, the fog of heroin so thick in her brain that her words sound like underwater utterances. Syd, however, is too instantly fascinated by the photographs hung around the apartment, many of them of Greta, that she doesn't seem to notice most of the hangers-on snorting and smoking in Lucy's living room, nor is she put off by Lucy's hazy demeanor. She enthuses about the spontaneity of Lucy's photos, not immediately recognizing that Lucy is the photographer, and quickly embarrassed by her own florid appraisal...
...much of which Bulgarians can be proud. Be it our 1,317 years of history, our rich and complex folk music, our scenic country, our phenomenal math team or even the Bulgarian soccer team (for those who remember USA '94). And yet those potential objects of national pride seem lilliputian in the face of constantly rising prices, falling incomes, lack of opportunities and the plethora of other problems. It is a pity that only a small fraction of the bright kids who leave the country ever come back, apparently finding immigrant life a better alternative to life in our troubled...
...more this-worldly among us, though, it may seem cliched, but we can and should express our appreciation to the famous and not-so-famous who have touched us while they're still around. For the famous in particular, rather than devouring the gossip dredged from their private lives, we should thank them for their achievements by supporting them and respecting their privacy. It's time we worked to diminish our seemingly insatiable appetite for celebrity news and gossip. By turning down the glare of the bright lights, we can let the celebrated live and die in peace...