Word: sheer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most part, however, the predominant mood was a relieved euphoria. For the millions who came through the quake without a scratch, the experience was akin to a roller-coaster ride: a few moments of terror followed by sheer exhilaration. "I've felt all the earthquakes since I've lived here, and this one was the best -- my best near death experience," declared Los Gatos bike- shop employee Ray Blair...
...teams--all eight Ivy League schools, Army and Navy--will be competing in their biggest race of the year. As well as the dense greenery, the sheer number of runners competing also creates unfamiliar difficulties for most competitors...
Still, a puritan conscience recoils a little from the sheer power of photographs. They have lingering about them the ghost of the golden calf -- the bright object too much admired, without God's abstract difficulties. Great photographs bring the mind alive. Photographs are magic things that traffic in mystery. They float on the surface, and they have a strange life in the depths of the mind. They bear watching...
Acknowledging as much, the Democrats have repeatedly ducked or skirted major issues and problems and have been all but powerless to offer effective opposition to the Republican program. Part of their difficulty stems from the weakness, egotism, venality and sheer political cowardice rampant on Capitol Hill today. Much of the current session, in fact, has been devoted to investigating either former members of Congress like John Tower, Bush's first choice as Defense Secretary, or prominent members such as Speaker Jim Wright, who was forced to resign because of his ethical lapses...
...jazz inflections and beat intonations are still intact, but all the mannerisms have been pared away. Jones isn't hiding behind artifice anymore. Her lyrics may be enigmatic, her music an eccentric mixture of rock, electrified hipster jazz and reggae, but she makes it all flow by the sheer force of her feeling...