Word: canonizations
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Dukakis's struggle for self-definition during the campaign--dodging the "liberal" label left and right--prefigured the fall of death-penalty opposition from the liberal canon. Capital punishment used to be a defining issue in politics, the way abortion continues to be; rather than separating liberals from conservatives, it defines whether one is "tough on crime," something no current politician can afford...
...work of extremely modern dimensions, a challenge to both the dancers and the audience. The celestial quality of the score makes it difficult for the dancers to perform certain steps in unison. It's often unclear whether the intricately controlled moves are supposed to be together, in canon or in random sequence, for the music lacks any hint of an underlying beat. But the score sets the other-worldly atmosphere of "Breakers" to perfection...
...highly controversial move, students took charge of their fates last week and voted to change grape, punch and grapefruit juice for apple, pineapple, and cranberry. Orange juice, that indispensable part of the breakfast canon, will retain its hallowed place on the far left side of the dispenser...
Peninsula's sensationalism is all the more surprising considering the magazine's historic commitment to the academic canon, the "Great Books" approach to learning. What motivates such an educational philosophy if not a reverence for the fantastic power of words to shape our cultural horizons? Does it not naturally follow that balanced, carefully wrought analysis, and not graphic gore, ought to be the bread and butter of today's conservatives...
...that I have anything against creative writing. On the contrary, I could scarcely imagine a world without literary diversions--and not simply the canon of greats, but the poems and short stories and novels produced today for our consumption...