Word: somethingness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"I think the computer needs to be taught something--how to resign," he said.
WE Americans don't just want to read about something big. We can do that in history books. We want to live through the big event, to experience "history in the making." Two frequently-heard numbers last week were 1906 and 1929. A knowledge of history and of the possibility...
The experiences of those directly involved in the two shakeups were doubtless more wrenching--but the rest of us experienced something too in the last week. We were all there, fascinated, hoping to live through something really big.
Such speculation is unlikely to be fruitful. On the other hand, by looking at one specific person's reaction to the two main events, we might figure something out. Let's try President Bush.
Something is definitely wrong. I'm starting to reminisce about my childhood as if I am no longer a child.