Tag: Halcyon

• Adjective: Halcyon
  1. characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
     —often used to describe an idyllic time in the past that is remembered as better than today — the halcyon days of youth
  2. calm, peaceful
  3. prosperous, affluent
• Synonyms:
  1.  bucolic
  2. pastoral
  3. still
  4. balmy
  5. gentle
  6. golden
  7. happy
  8. harmonious
  9. serene
  10. tranquil
  11. untroubled
• Usage:
  1. “I was living in Jerusalem during those halcyon days of the Oslo peace process and the hope it generated, and as soon as travel from Israel into Jordan was permitted, I decided to go there on my own to see what I could see. “
• Encountered:
  1.  While reading Can We Talk About Israel? A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted by Daniel Sokatch

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