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First person, present tense for the now-time of the story, past tense for the flashbacks.
Finis marshallpayne1 2009
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By chance, today our son introduced me to the word “jetztzeit” which is German for “now-time” — but its meaning, I think, is “in the moment.”
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As such, the ordinary conception of time is described by Heidegger as now-time' Jetztzeit.
enowning enowning 2009
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As such, the ordinary conception of time is described by Heidegger as now-time' Jetztzeit.
Archive 2009-07-01 enowning 2009
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It was going in in Australia, and I could see it in now-time coming out in Austin, and to me that was technology unbelievable beyond belief.
A Promise 2006
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More likely - I'll work on it tomorrow morning and spend some now-time playing internet catch-up.
yays gaaneden 2006
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Bad enough that Metaxas had carved out a now-time identity for himself ten centuries up the line; what would the Time Patrol say about his hobnobbing with emperors?
Up The Line Silverberg, Robert 1969
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I had to argue him out of it in a blunt and direct way, reminding him of the Time Patrol's regulation prohibiting anyone from engaging in conversation with himself of a different now-time basis, and threatening to report him if he tried it.
Up The Line Silverberg, Robert 1969
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You were working from a now-time basis of 2059, and I was working from a basis of maybe '55, and so you were a stranger to me, but I wasn't a stranger to you.
Up The Line Silverberg, Robert 1969
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At the other end of the jump, though, a couple dozen Dajanis have been piling up, since he keeps jumping from different points in now-time to the same point in then-time.
Up The Line Silverberg, Robert 1969
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