Word: glamourizer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...breakaway is football's glamour play--the one that makes the highlight film on the 11 o'clock news. The one that makes big names out of players like Tony Hinz...
...opinions, and because her opinions were so fierce -- especially a longtime hatred of Communism and an unswerving devotion to the Catholicism to which she converted in mid-life -- she presented an irresistible target to her adversaries. And because she had the misfortune of being on easy terms with glamour as well as with success, she was sometimes accused of manipulating men, sometimes of being manipulated by them. While admirers gushed over her rare blend of cleverness and charm, detractors focused only on her deployment of those strengths. The ambiguous effect of being accosted by the demure whirlwind was, said...
...poll by Glamour magazine this year found that an increasing number of women approve of infidelity. Of the 800 women surveyed, 18% said extramarital sex was acceptable, compared with only 12% last year. Moreover, only half of single women say marriage is "very important" to them...
...expected and natural, like yin and yang, that men should balance that out." Unfortunately, today's "new woman" is too often contending with the same old man. Women continue to do the lion's share of the housekeeping, child care and cooking, even in households where both partners work. Glamour magazine surveys have found, for example, that the proportion of women who claim that they share child-care duties equally with their partners has actually dropped in the past three years, from 40% to 31%. "The big disappointment is that younger men aren't that different from their fathers," says...
Four writers, among them Joan Didion, are drawn by the urban razzle and fatal glamour of Miami, the definitive city...