Word: vacuumed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many have lately been seeking to fill the spiritual vacuum left by the hollow, lifeless phrases of Marx. The sip of individual initiative permitted in recent years is nurturing a taste for more personal freedoms, not so much for U.S.-style democracy or the overthrow of the regime as for a vague longing to choose things for oneself, profit from one's own effort, speak one's own mind. "Before, it was either the party or this." Gliceria Cabrera, 57, is firm: "From now on we can say that...
...Both sides have been given two weeks to consider the U.S. proposals, the details of which are being kept under wraps. ?If they?re not willing to make tough decisions, the U.S. will step back from its primary mediating role, which could create a dangerous vacuum in the region...
...have been living alone in a small, one-room apartment for a year and a half. By Japanese standards, my life-style is regarded as quite poor because I have no TV, air conditioner, stereo or vacuum cleaner. I even do my laundry by hand. Nevertheless, I kind of enjoy it. If you do everything yourself, you can derive great pleasure from feeling independent of machines. What's more, my electricity bill is incredibly low. And, of course, I contribute to conserving the environment. People who live in developed countries should stop and think about whether being surrounded by machines...
...Hume not by baffling the grader or by fencing with him but like this: "It is absurd to discuss whether Hume is representative of the age in which he lived unless we note the progress of that age on all fronts. After all, Hume did not live in a vacuum...
Superficiality aside, though, Cleopatra is the play's central character. While other characters and especially Antony himself seem to speak in a vacuum, characters react to her words and bend themselves to her minutest whims. Only Caesar seems to know that flattery is the sole path to Cleopatra's mind and motivations...