Word: confrontive
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...Atlanta games deprived the TV audience of glorious uncertainty [PUBLIC EYE, Aug. 5]. Indeed, to tune in to the Summer Olympics was to confront images of prerecorded events decorated with music, slow-motion sequences and never-ending commercials. The spirit of the Games turned into a sentimental display of American athletic superiority. RAYMOND ROUBENI New York City...
When humans confront the unknown, they may, at one extreme, resort to humor, or, at the other extreme, to theology. Both impulses (one disciplined, the other not) are forms of speculation, and both may be, in different ways, profound. Anarchic humor tends to inherit the universe when theology falls apart. The humor is either a refreshing relief or a prelude to despair...
...number one predictor of self-esteem is self perception of our physical appearance." In pursuit of her answer, Friday ricochets among personal, sociological and psychological investigation. Ultimately, however, her goal is not so much to undermine the current ruling troika of "looks/beauty/appearance" as to confront the obsession head on. Unlike Naomi Wolf, who in her 1992 book, The Beauty Myth, portrayed the elevation of beauty as manipulative and ultimately sadistic, Friday reaches older, muddier and much more happily self-satisfied conclusions. In the end, she isn't angry at the power of beauty, and she seems to have come...
...number one predictor of self-esteem is self perception of our physical appearance." In pursuit of her answer, Friday ricochets among personal, sociological and psychological investigation. Ultimately, however, her goal is not so much to undermine the current ruling troika of "looks/beauty/appearance" as to confront the obsession head...
...West Bank and to put off the redeployment of Israeli troops from Hebron. At the same time, the American-educated Israeli fears denting his country's ironclad relationship with the U.S. In that respect, his timing couldn't be better. "There's concern that Clinton is not going to confront Netanyahu with some very hard questions regarding his confrontational policies," reports TIME's Dean Fischer. "These are essential questions for the future of the peace process and Clinton might not ask them in order to avoid a confrontation with Israel before the November elections." Also Monday, in a move that...