But this was 1991, a time of possibilities.
"I think of the 1980's as a time of infinite possibility".
A "new night carved out of abundance might also be a time of great possibilities," she writes, "when we might ask in our way, as Cyril of Jerusalem once did, 'What [is] more helpful to wisdom than the night?' " Brox, an essayist who has written about the rural life, is at her best exploring the evolution of light as a shaper of human psychology.
Marian Salzman, a trend-spotting guru at Porter Novelli, a public-relations firm, says that "infomercials have become pop culture and a shopping substitute, edutainment even," and that Mr Mays "will be remembered as the Dean of Salesmanship".Sadly, Mr Mays has signed off at a time of great possibilities for infomercials.
Hopefully this economic downturn will lead to a moral uptick, a time of new possibilities, and a renewal of values.
In short, May Day 2012 indexed a time of surprising political possibility.
She began to see that she was living in a time of unprecedented erotic possibility, a sort of sexual future.
An excellent student, athlete and, by his own account, boyfriend, he went on to college at George Washington University, a series of oddball jobs and a political career in a time of tumult and possibility.
"We came in, we were in our 20s; it was a time of optimism and possibility in your life," said Howard B. Glaser, who worked as a scheduler for the elder Mr. Cuomo, went to Washington to work with the younger Mr. Cuomo in the Clinton administration and is returning as director of state operations.
