Word: instant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years of teaching I have had the impression that the knowledge thus acquired touches neither the hearts nor the minds of students: the better ones pick it up as a sort of intellectual baggage, as they might a professional or athletic skill; the others slough it off the instant the relevant final examination is over...
...rumor mills during the reign of the Shah, when the heavily censored press played down even nonpolitical bad news about Iran. When Khomeini declared that the Americans and Israelis were responsible for the November attack by Muslim fanatics on Mecca's Sacred Mosque, this deliberate lie was given instant credence by multitudes of Iranians...