Word: aura
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Barbara Guest: "She had an assortment of ideas and events that were repetitious; they were thoughts and images that might be embellished by her reading, or actual experiences never to be relinquished." The remark may explain why the poet on the page appears static and obsessively withdrawn, and the aura of the poet-priestess seems theatrical and self-indulgent. Excerpts from her letters are forgettable; she has little to say about other writers, and does not appear to have seriously concerned herself with the social and political events of her exciting times. World War II found her dabbling in spiritualism...
...revamping its operations. More inventory has been moved onto the floor to avoid time-wasting runs to the back room. Stockroom clerks who formerly stayed behind the scenes now put new goods on shelves in full view of customers. Shopping carts used to be anathema because they bore the aura of discount stores, but now they are being tested in some locations. Salespeople have been ordered to keep displays tidy and to fill in at cash registers to help cut average checkout time from three minutes to 90 seconds...
...winner loses some aura, the loser wins some respect...
...feminists that pornography incites contempt for women and thereby encourages men to exploit and abuse them, as Paul Snider did Dorothy. The correlation (and presumed casual relationship) between media representation of women and their mistreatment has been a prevailing feminist maxim for so long that it has assumed the aura of fact in some circles. Since the '60s there has been an open and often heated debate between people who are fearful of the deleterious effects of erotica and pornography on society and those who are more concerned about the dangers of censorship. The former point to, among other things...
...matter of animals and their claims in the world is morally fascinating. What are animals for? What is the point of animals? To ask such questions is mere speciesism, of course. The human race walks around enveloped in an aura of narcissism that would be laughable to any other animal bright enough to appreciate it. Privileged to possess presumably the highest, undoubtedly the dominant intelligence on the planet, humans assume that the rest of creation was provided for their convenience. But people are not merely predators with a taste for meat. The relationship between humans and animals is deep...