Word: adamancy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sense, then, our monarchs are in fact our subjects, hostage to the dreams we wish them to enact. Axel, the wan hero dreamed up by the French symbolist Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, famously suggested that he and his fellow aristocrats leave the messy business of living to their servants; these days, we would just as soon leave it to our monarchs. We demand of them, moreover, a double role: they must be godlike mortals, fallible gods. Upon peering into their closets, we wish not only to marvel at the gowns but also to revel in the skeletons that hang...
Contributors: Colin Boyle, Jessica Dorman, Adam Epstein, Jennifer Frey, Joe Kaufman, Lori Lakin, Casey Lartigue, Michael Lartigue, Al Mattei, Jon Putnam, Julio Varela...
...Adam H. Gorfain...
...better symbol exists of the public philosophy of the Reagan era than the Adam Smith neckties worn proudly by presidential confidants. As President, Reagan has fused this faith in the economic invisible hand with the rugged individualism of the "Sagebrush Rebellion." Government is always seen as a rapacious tax collector standing between businessmen and the creation of wealth. The result is an Administration whose clarion call is "Enrich thyself." For Reagan, money is the measure of achievement, and he has left no doubt that he prefers the company of the wealthy. McFarlane, shortly after his suicide attempt in February, told...
Directed by Adam Smith Albion...