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Word: drumstick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...season with a dignified sense of balance. Not the Captain. Balance was supposed to come with middle age, but these days he feels shakier than ever. The season overwhelms him with its polarities. Grand abstractions are undercut by particular forms. The gratitude of Thanksgiving reduced to a half-chewed drumstick. The generosity of Hanukkah and Christmas to Tammy Faye Bakker dolls. The renewal of New Year's to a horn toot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Captain Midlife Faces Christmas | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

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