Word: fitly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Attempting to fit something as huge and varied as American culture onto a narrow Freudian couch is bound to strain credulity. Appropriated for sociology, the term narcissism sometimes seems as frustratingly insubstantial as Echo, the nymph who taunted Narcissus by repeating his words. Yet undoubtedly Lasch is on to something quite real. The est-thetes, the self-accredited sex therapists, the purveyors of cosmic consciousness and Buddhamatics, the pathetic zombies of Jonestown are not figments. Narcissism may not be a constant or universal disorder, but it is hard to deny that the horizons of millions of Americans have become...
...Brando were slowly becoming more admired than the incredibly cute, sweet, and superficial characters who inhabited the numberless Doris Day-type movies. Brando and Dean showed that there were some real problems in this country, that the closed society was leaving out many people who just couldn't fit in. Brando's violent portrayals, acting with his body more than with his lines, appeared primitive to many. They were not sophisticated, but they were powerful, and the popularity such films achieved were some hint that things would perhaps move in a different direction...
...this side of the '50s is rarely seen. There is an oft-noted penchant in movies and television to reduce anything to its lowest common denominator, to distill decades and historical figures down to a catchy phrase that will fit easily into the TV Guide or a 20-second movie promotion. Movies such as The Buddy Holly Story, Grease, American Graffiti and its television spin off "Happy Days" all invite us into a jolly stroll down memory lane. But this is a terribly selective memory. In American Graffiti the world revolves around cruisin' and high school romances, with the biggest...
...only thing that really matters is that the episode gave the boy a nickname to grow into-Bear. A perfect name for 50 years of football, a name to match his towering physical presence and deep rumbling voice. In the end, it was a name big enough to fit his influence on the game...
...traditional meetings sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates in favor of, as he puts it, "formats that are more free-flowing." What exactly does that mean? Well, apparently, the by-now familiar sets of NBC?s "Meet the Press" and CNN?s "Larry King Live" fit the bill; Bush has agreed to appear alongside Al Gore on 60-minute primetime versions of both programs. He has also agreed to the location, but not the format, of a CPD debate scheduled to take place October 13 in St. Louis...