The situation only seemed to get more desperate with each passing moment.

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In a passing moment of something like wifely entitlement, I lifted the wicker lid and dropped my blouse on top of his shirt and thought no more about it.

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So, the conundrum of life is this: although in the end a life may mean nothing to the actors in it, yet it is as real to relish the beauty of each passing moment of it.

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Scotland is hoping to get powers to vary corporation tax for businesses, with legislation passing through parliament at the moment.

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The significance of this moment is not just the passing of this lady but the passing of an entire era.

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Blondy was a part of the family if only because at the moment anyone, even a passing stranger, would have been.

NEWYORKER: Lucky Alan

And with every passing day the desire grows for the moment when life will reach the top, for the moment when the sluice gates open and life finally moves on.

NEWYORKER: Total Recall

And I also want to take a moment just to note the passing of William Friday, a man whose visionary leadership of this university system was an inspiration to all of us who believe that education is the key to a brighter future. (Applause.) Chancellor Friday was a courageous reformer who transformed North Carolina's public universities into a model for our country.

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Louis, passing visibly above downtown Newark at precisely the moment she comes to realize that, in a feat no less triumphant for a mortal than Lindbergh's, she has conceived Sanford Roth.

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They forward spurious data to others before taking a moment to reflect on its worth or check its validity - the equivalent of passing on some scuttlebutt by word of mouth, but this time to thousands across the world.

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