"I felt it in the little square that lay in front of the theatre, in which, in two-hours' time, the bare boughs of the chestnut-trees would gleam with a metallic lustre as the lighted gas-lamps showed up every detail of their structure and before the ticket attendants, whose selection, advancement and ultimate fate depended upon the great artist-for she alone held power in this administration at the head of which ephemeral and purely nominal managers followed one after the other in an obscure succession-who took our tickets without even glancing at us, so preoccupied were they in seeing that all Mme Berma's instructions had been duly transmitted to the new members of the staff, that it was clearly understood that the hired applause must never sound for her, that the windows must all be kept open so long as she was not on stage and every door closed tight the moment she appeared, that a bowl of hot water must be concealed somewhere close to her to make the dust settle." Knitandpurl commented on the word ephemeral The Volokh Conspiracy » Outrageous Treaty Nonsense, or The Copyright Tail Wagging the Internet Dog 2010 How, then, with that kind of history, do you think the government will fare attempting to prevent the flow of something so ephemeral is “electronic bits” around the world? Lorraine Devon Wilke: You're Not Keeping Up With The Kardashians Either Lorraine Devon Wilke 2011 When your entire brand is built on the temporary, fleeting, and inevitably obsolete currency of youthful physical beauty, sexual allure, and cultural status, the word " ephemeral" comes to mind.
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