They aspire not to disclose the timeless, but to discern the transient, to clasp the texture of experience — a passing moment, an instant's glimpse, a sensation as compressed and meticulously evoked as a haiku.
When you come to full awareness, penetrated by a sense of the passing instant, you are bound to realize how much time has passed since the last time you mustered that kind of consciousness.
For someone who had no religious convictions, he nevertheless exhibited those qualities many regard as truly Christian, not least in his refusal to pass instant judgment on others.
If I were buying a new rifle or shotgun, I could go to Arkansas, pick out the models I wanted at a gun store, pass an instant background check, and drive them back.
After a visiting reporter has passed an instant background check -- primarily using the name, Social Security number and date of birth to check against criminal records -- it is up to lower-level White House press aides to decide whether a particular news organization can have access to the briefing room.
Under the measure, individuals in many states would be able to purchase a silencer from a gun store or other federally licensed dealer after passing an instant background check.
Robson was at the heart of Wasps' second try, supplying Joe Launchbury with the scoring pass an instant before being tackled into touch after receiving the ball via the head of George Smith, but it was the third try that stood out.
But everything changed when quarterback Joe Flacco made a pass that he regretted the instant the ball left his hand.
At the last instant, he faked a pass and stuffed the puck by goalie Dan Cloutier.
On a third-and-6 play, Detmer was hit by the linebacker Anthony Williams an instant after throwing a pass.
Palace matched them well enough, only forgetting themselves for the first time on 18 minutes as the midfield pushed up together and a lovely instant pass from Danny Drinkwater put Mahrez through on goal.
