Word: thingness
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...Cultural historians could have predicted the ebbing of Fawcett's impact, for the thing about America is that it always imagines itself as young and beautiful - but the icons it chooses to emblematize that beauty are bound to age. Luster tarnishes, even on a golden girl. And the popular media are restless beasts; their attention can fix on one object for only so long. In time, about a year, Farrahmania faded. Fans and tabloid editors turned off the Fawcett and found some other darling; it might have been Travolta. She quit Charlie's Angels, hoping for movie stardom...
Scared about catching the H1N1 flu? Looking for protection? Have I got just the thing for you: a shampoo that can safeguard users from H1N1 infection. Or how about a dietary supplement - specially designed for children and infants - that can stop transmission of the virus? Or for on-the-go use, perhaps a hand spray that leaves a layer of ionized, virus-killing silver on your hands...
...This thing was stronger than many a freshman Rubinoff concoction. It was a Sunday. It was also 11 AM. Maybe...
...have gone through all the stages of dealing with this stuff and they come out the other end in a much better place than they ever were. I guess what I want to leave people with is the hope that you will take love seriously. It's the best thing in life. Why would you say it's too hard...
...killer," said Sergei Sokolov, deputy editor of Novaya Gazeta, the newspaper for which Politkovskaya worked, speaking to Ekho Moskvy, an independent radio station. "It's obvious that today's ruling was based on a political decision - not on a procedural one. For the authorities, the most important thing was simply to make sure someone goes to prison...