Word: displays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This facet of Koch is revealed most fully in nothing political, but rather in the story of his most painful lost cause, one that required the greatest display of hope. One recent afternoon, with the light fading, Koch recalled the death of his mother. When he spoke of it, his voice at once softened and rose in pitch, as if he were imitating...
Like the veteran and skilled performers they are, Begin and Sadat once again put on a public display of warmth and respect that reflected their private views of each other. They talked at the White Elephant, a local restaurant on a sandy strand of beautiful Naama Bay. Relaxed and smiling, the two leaders posed in wicker chairs on the restaurant's windswept veranda like a couple of contented tourists. There was a brief moment when the air of cordiality at the conference was threatened by an angry demonstration of Israeli settlers, who will be forced to leave when...
...check your coat, at a time when most Americans can't hack it, that's ostentatious." A corollary complaint holds that it is at the very least unbecoming for Reagan, who is slashing at the federal budget like a samurai, to put on such a display of serene opulence in the details of his personal life...
...Reagans' display is never obnoxiously luxurious. They have the poise and humor to bring it off: Ron is always armed with that grin, those boyishly wholesome jelly beans. Besides, most of America would judge it hypocritical or bizarre if the Reagans suddenly started serving tuna casseroles at state dinners and getting their clothes at J.C. Penney. The presidency is a form of national theater; even in difficult times, Americans may still like to see a little sumptuousness there, in the same way they like to see Fred Astaire movies during their depressions. The trick is to be impressive without...
...course, workaday, signed publicity shots of notables (or hopefuls), the glossy eight-by-tens that decorate restaurants, offices and waiting rooms with ballpoint sincerity. Those bones are less signs of inner life than mementos of the cult of personality. What may be the country's first formal display of autographed pictures of famous folks is now on view at the venerable Boston Athenaeum in an exhibition titled "This Is My Favorite Photograph of Myself." The surprising result: a vibrant, affectionate show offering a smorgasbord of speculation for viewers, with hardly a glossy in sight...