Word: portentously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hughes may discover a deeper meaning to his Goyaesque hallucinations if he seriously reflects on them as a portent of what might have been if only "blind luck" had not spared him the journey down Death's tunnel. MARTIN LOPEZ Miami
...what could be a portent of future doorway upgrades, the ubiquitous tentacles of University Hall descended upon K-House this summer and decreed that all door handles shall lock, even if you don't lock them...
...this is shallow thinking. Why not write a millennium novel? Or duct-tape the millennium to a novel you're already writing? Almost any contemporary fiction, no matter how inconsequential and light-minded, has a fighting chance of taking on weight and portent, perhaps even significance, if shoved 23 months into the future. And if significance is elusive, where's the harm...
Today the event has a different significance for the observer of black history. In 1955, it stood as a portent of great things to come in King's career and that of his own congregation and black people in the nation. Now, it represents a judgement upon the present...
...notch cushion over mortal enemy Kansas City), he has yet to have a losing week, and yea, tho the soph blues weigh on him, that fog still parts a few times a week. The locks for Week 11: The Seahawks. Last week's cover-buster against Denver was portent for a slaughter in San Diego. The Steelers will win, and win big. The no-offense sleeper vs. Chiefs last Monday was a gut check for Kordell, whose ex-mate Bam Morris will probably show up stoned. And yes, this is the part where the Cowboys make...