(She deliberately excluded people who started work during the Great Depression, second world war and Vietnam war, since those were "such psychologically consequential times that they may override the more subtle economic fluctuations that followed").
My fellow Americans, I am grateful for the honor of this hour, mindful of the consequential times in which we live, and determined to fulfill the oath that I have sworn and you have witnessed.
It's true of nearly every president — particularly presidents who have served in consequential times have made difficult choices and have paid the price with low approval levels, but over time their numbers come up as they are removed from the fray.
On Thursday, Senator James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma, the ranking Republican on the committee, called Mr. Hagel "the wrong person to lead the Pentagon at this perilous and consequential time".
With a lot at stake in election year, there has never been a more consequential time to report with rigor and nuance".
… It is a consequential time for Nintendo, as it introduces its e-Shop service for the 3DS, its flagship device that lets users play 3-D games without wearing special glasses.
"The atmosphere is so partisan, so polarizing and so poisonous that it's impeding our ability to solve the problems of our nation at a monumental, consequential time," said Senator Olympia J. Snowe, Republican of Maine.
"I'm thrilled to have the opportunity, at this busy and consequential time, to have a platform to discuss and explore the big issues of our time," King said.
If you've ever wondered how you would have behaved during the Civil Rights Movement, or if you had lived in some more consequential time in history, you don't have to wonder any more.
So, this year, I wish for all of us that deep sense of knowing at this consequential time in our history that we are doing everything we can to protect our democracy, to make it real for people here and around the world, to stand for peace and shun war, to place our trust and faith in the many and not the few, and to love as much as we possibly can.
Consequential real-time activism is always about the future―-literally, the present instant looking forward to all future instants.
