And it's true that Pynchon understands our pressing anxieties about communication power, life in (and under) the Cloud.
A national campaign called Choosing Wisely is pressing for better doctor-patient communication as an important way to avoid unnecessary treatments of all kinds.
Such communication is especially pressing in the context of advanced illness, when the achievement of a peaceful death assumes priority over inappropriate prolongation of dying.
The small town was important for Union forces to hold if they wanted to maintain communication with Louisville while pressing southward to Bowling Green and Nashville.
We must rebuild communication and trust with Turkey, pressing on human rights concerns and emphasizing the criticality of working through differences as NATO allies.
There is the pressing question of the safety of e-mail communication between a stranger and a child, and the challenge of creating meaningful relationships online, without the reassurance of body language, verbal cues and facial expressions.
To prevent the back and forth, and to ensure great communication from the get-go, try pressing record and talking through specifics.
These events help solve pressing issues facing Linux and fuel collaboration and communication between all members of the Linux ecosystem: developers, users, industry, ISVs and distribution vendors.
Given the technological and economic changes in our communication systems, these questions are especially pressing, and decisions made now may set the Internet's course for decades to come.
Even in these days of instant communication, there is no substitute for the pressing flesh of the lecture hall and the ability to sit in the bar and chew the fat with colleagues and rivals from across the globe.
A pressing concern for "Minecraft" fans is the lack of communication and transparency from Mojang and Presson himself during this time.
