Postmodernism is, almost by definition, a transitional cusp of social, cultural, economic and ideological history when modernism's high-minded principles and preoccupations have ceased to function, but before they have been replaced with a totally new system of values. It represents a moment of suspension before the batteries are recharged for the new millennium, an acknowledgment that preceding the future is a strange and hybrid interregnum that might be called the last gasp of the past.
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When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.
When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.
The screeners exhibited some eye irritation,
The screeners exhibited some eye irritation,
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A theme is a memory aid, it helps you through the presentation just as it also provides the thread of continuity for your audience.
Your ignorance cramps my conversation.
Your ignorance cramps my conversation.
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Sometimes people can be a little fickle. They'll go for the newest, hottest thing.
Nothing succeeds like -- failure.
Nothing succeeds like -- failure.
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This is the girl next door. Her hair color is high-maintenance, but she's totally comfortable pulling it back, putting on a ball cap or beret as the all-American girl-on-the-go. She's totally sweet, fun loving ... she probably bakes cookies. Guaranteed, her cell phone rings off the hook.
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People in the community who served on our advisory panel about the project told us they wanted the station to have a sense of place, an identity as a destination, and that's what these signs are designed to do.
