I think it makes me feel like I'm in a room I don't particularly like but that if the room ceased to exist I would feel nostalgic for it, or for the habit, and so I better repeat it.
If the garbage we watch in the privacy of our TV rooms ceases to maintain even the illusion of being freely and independently made, we will inexorably evolve into a nation of vacant, compliant, useless fluffheads.
The British humor magazine Punch, adornment of countless proper middle-class homes, not to mention club libraries, dentists' offices and Oxbridge common rooms, ceased publication, after more than 160 years, in 2002.
Instead I'm going to tell you about a desk, a shark, a swimming hole, and a room that ceases to exist in one city, only to be reassembled many years later in another.
Reduce the amount of background noise by turning off any TVs and radios, closing any windows, shutting doors to adjoining rooms, and ceasing any conversations while tuning.
Suddenly, the many separate conversations in the living room and veranda ceased, Qureshi and Hashmi stood to attention and even Mir, who hosted Khan often on his TV show "Capital Talk," looked a bit star-struck, as the P.T.I. leader finally bounded in, all coiled energy and purpose.
"There is no room for the words cease-fire, because we are under occupation, we are just resisting occupiers," said Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, a member of Hamas.
The prescription for tantrums was to place Dicky, calmly and without comment, in his room until the tantrum ceased and at least 10 minutes had passed.
After 1.0 h, the autoclave was cooled to room temperature with water to cease the reaction.
The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature till methyl mercaptan ceased to evolve (3 h).
The video of Suede performing "Animal Nitrate" at the 1993 BRIT Awards to a room of unenthusiastic industry types never ceases to amuse me.
