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the having
verb
To possess, own, hold.
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The having been.
The having seems marvellous.
It's not just about the having of the thing".
"Life only avails," Emerson once wrote, "not the having lived.
No, the "having it all" myth is not a symptom of Americanism.
The wanting of it and the having of it can seem like two quite different things.
The making believe and the having an affair, an affair of the mind.
Because the making of it, the having of it is our birthright.
Clearly, Slaughter's exposure of the "having it all" scam had hit a nerve.
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