Word: aura
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...death penalty is ever to be a deterrent to crime, we must remove the aura of romance and dignity that surrounds it. Perhaps if executions were shown on TV, some people would think twice before putting themselves in a position to receive the same treatment...
...although the adjective papal casts an aura over any noun it touches, and is one of the favorite words of cultural coercion in the Midcult lexicon (like masterpiece and treasure), one should use it with reserve. The papacy may be infallible in dogma, but not in taste. And although the exhibition claims to show us in detail just what the changing relations of the Popes to art were, it does not deliver the goods. It contains only routine information and no fresh ideas about the liturgical, propagandist, doctrinal and decorative purposes of Vatican collecting, or the effect of that collecting...
...season. As Christmas approaches, a young bride with long, luxuriant hair sells her locks to buy a watch fob for her husband. He, meanwhile, has pawned his timepiece to purchase a set of combs. Lisbeth Zwerger's biting line and soft, evocative palette illuminate the characters with an aura of a gaslit nobility, and burnish an antique until it shines. With two previous books, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi and last year's Jumanji, Chris Van Allsburg has become the reigning master of black-and-white illustration. In his third work, Ben's Dream (Houghton Mifflin...
Besides more than adequately filling the void Randall left, the pair adds a lot to the aura of excitement that is characteristic of this season's indoor track squad. "They are confident about their abilities," Haggerty says, "It's important to have people like that because their confidence rubs...
...interpret will be the choice of a new President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, a.government post that Brezhnev held concurrently with that of Party General Secretary for the last five years of his life. Although the presidency is largely a ceremonial position, it does confer an aura of importance on the man who fills it. Speculation in Moscow last week centered on Chernenko or Tikhonov for the presidency if Andropov does not aspire to it himself. Andropov's behind-the-scenes maneuvering should keep him fully occupied as he moves to consolidate his power. Meanwhile, the signals...