Word: cosmeticized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In 1969, Oldenburg came as close as he ever got to actually building a monument when a group of Yale graduate students asked him to design one for "the second American revolution." They had been inspired by the New Left's guru Herbert Marcuse, who, having seen Oldenburg'...
For to Bok, the form is all. His only discernible goal as President is to avoid risk to his institution and minimize conflict which might threaten it by making cosmetic concessions which divide and pacify the constituencies he must manipulate. His change in Harvard's sex-ratio is an excellent...
He also believes that Nixon is vulnerable. "He's not trusted by blacks. He can't carry the Midwest again. He's a cosmetic candidate and it wears off. This Administration is like a machine headed by a mechanic. He is a hard fighter, a gut fighter...
While thousands, including the black schoolchildren of Chicago, filed past the displays of cosmetic manufacturers, restaurateurs, modeling agencies and contractors and clothiers, black officials moved in to give workshops and strategy lessons. Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes appeared to plead for grass-root political organization aimed at electing black politicians in...
The use of tobacco and alcohol is, in fact, discouraged at Twin Oaks, and all drugs, including marijuana, are banned. So is television, which is considered a cultural poison. "We decided that we just weren't strong enough to stand up to television," says Kat Griebe, one of Twin Oaks...