Word: dimness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...clay replica of Widener Library for your dim-witted nympho cousin who will rack her brain when told that every Harvard student has sex inside it before graduation...
...Women can be Janet Reno or Monica Lewinsky (for argument s sake, we ll say she s pretty). Everyone understands the concept of not pretty equals intelligent equals better than men, while pretty equals dumb equals slave to men. We categorize women into butch or airhead, prude or slut, dim-wit or smartadivisions with little gradation in between. Men, on the other hand, have the liberty of wearing pretty much anything and still having their intelligence and ability determined byasurprise!atheir intelligence and ability. The unfair smart-or-dumb distinction for women looks like it ll stick around...
...music of the tango brings to mind forgotten memories of the past, the haunting of the soul. It whispers seduction amidst shadowy figures in a dim and smoky room. Tango acknowledges and effectively uses these images, but it also creates a stylized, occasionally surrealistic atmosphere that carries the tango beyond its conventional setting. This highly theatrical effect is achieved by the creative talent of Italian cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, three-time Oscar winner for best photography in films such as The Last Emperor. The music is a combination of traditional tango music by famous Argentine composers and several original pieces...
However, I take a dim view of the persistence of the "Radcliffe College" fictive shell. I perceive in it a faint odor of deception-it is as if the March of Dimes were to call itself a "medical school," because, after all, it too is in the business of medical research, educational opportunities for doctors, seminars, healing and raising money...
...Lamont, the Woodberry Poetry Room will become a space-age bachelor pad. It's not far from that already, what with all its dim lighting and lime-green upholstery. Throw in a few lava lamps. replace those retro record players with an expensive sound system and you could really jazz up the place. Who wants to hear recordings of old poets creaking through their greatest hits? In the new Lamont, all the poetry will be read by Barry White...