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This corresponds perfectly to the spirit in which the New Museum was created - because it was designed to bear witness to the state of archaeology, a field just taking shape at the time and inseparable from the idea of transience.— signandsight.com
Obviously, to some extent transience is natural for youth, but in the context of North America it is taken to an extreme that seems to indicate the influence capitalist society has on it.— Anarchist news dot org - News for anarchists and their friends
In fact, the whole card aches with transience: by the time it thrummed in the palms of the boys of America the superduperstar had moved on, traded to Baltimore, the regal joy of the card's blazing gold uniform a lie.— Baseball Toaster

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