Word: fad
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...content. The term is used to identify artists who demonstrate the highest technical skills and most mature or "serious" treatment of their subject matter. Works of the highest quality, or masterpieces, serve as yardsticks by which to measure all other works: the good, the bad or the mere passing fad. But feminists like art professor Whitney Chadwick of San Francisco State University insist that there simply is no "objective factor called quality that someone sophisticated and knowledgeable can immediately deduce...
That president said that many club officials are considering "almost completely fad[ing] out of the social scene" at Harvard. He said that many of the clubs have discussed adopting a policy similar to one used by the Porcellian Club, which reportedly allows only members inside...
...fad for parks now is with big castles,"said Ann Neczypor. "But with this one, thechildren can use their imaginations a lot more...
...even Lynch must know that every fad must fade. Any enthusiasm with the velocity of Twin Peaks mania is bound to boomerang. "Fame is an unnatural thing," says Mark Frost, Lynch's TV partner and Twin Peaks co-producer. "There is no equivalent to it in the animal kingdom." A director on the edge gets critical indulgences when he steps into the mainstream; a director on top is ripe for a raspberry. The trick for Lynch is to keep the ebb of acclaim from affecting either his work or his attitude toward...
...members present at the rally also worked to disassociate themselves from the stereotype of ivory-tower liberals. "Strategically, we want to show that this isn't some passing fad of the children of privilege. This is an issue of justice," said Cicchino...