Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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APART from the obvious silliness of all this high-falutin' posturing there is a subtler, more insidious suggestion. These ads are not designed for just any consumer, they're for the wealthy, the status-conscious, the elite. Literature and art can now do for high-priced luxury items what alligators and polo ponies did for those once-cheap cotton sport shirts--they imbue the product with an unmistakeable mark of prestige...
...professors interviewed say they must always be conscious of the sensitive and controversial aspects of the subjects they are teaching. But the faculty members are unanimous in endorsing the ultimate right of the professor to determine the content and presentation of lectures...
When the first Pontiac Fiero hit the streets in 1983, automobile buffs waxed ecstatic. The two-door coupe had the sleek lines of a sports car, and its original base price of $7,990 made it comely even to cash-conscious commuters, who did not mind that it had only two seats. A molded plastic exterior and an engine placed just behind those seats to improve handling gave the auto a justifiable reputation for innovative design. But last week parent company General Motors, citing decelerating sales, suddenly slammed the brakes on all future production of the Fiero (the Italian word...
...Henry (Alan Thomas). Characters and relationships overlap from Stoppard's play to the plays within: Charlotte is Henry's wife and plays her on stage; Max is Henry's friend and plays Henry himself. But this fusion of life and art deadens the characters' emotions and makes them self-conscious and evasive...
...provocative pose, however, immediately raised questions of both propriety and professionalism. "Coy, pretentious, self-conscious," sniffed Mademoiselle Editor in Chief Amy Levin Cooper. "It's about as appropriate as anchormen appearing in beefcake pictures," declared CBS News', Mike Wallace. Lamented Feminist Betty Friedan: "It reinforces the idea that to get ahead, women have to define themselves as sex objects...