Word: glamourizing
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...even about her selection as one of Glamour Magazine's Top Ten College Women...
Upon first arriving here, Harvard was imbued with an indelible aura, a mythical glamour the color of Crimson tradition. Although the glamour was alluring, it was also distancing. Places with so much history and so much grandeur rarely lend themselves to intense personal involvement or relationship. Over the years, the glow fades. Part of me mourns this loss, the end of enchantment. However, perhaps it is for the best that Harvard loses its rosy glow as we live here. When the College loomed so large, we felt too small to impact its future; as its size diminished, our power...
...prom night! The scent of the corsage, the hum of the limo, the assistant principal manning the Breathalyzer at the gym door. Some things about proms have changed, but the search for the perfect prom dress continues. The big news, according to fashion designer Jessica McClintock, is that glamour and pastels are back. Herewith a tour of prom dresses through the decades...
Mary J. Blige is looking as fine as she wants to be. The "queen of hip-hop soul" isn't known for upscale glamour; she earned her rep for her edge, her streetiness, her willingness to keep it real. On the cover photo of her 1992 debut album What's the 411?, her face is shrouded in shadow, gangsta-girl tough. Blige, back then, was all about combat boots and leather jackets; she could drink with the best of them, curse with the worst of them. But at a recent photo shoot in a studio in New York City, Blige...
...very well be correct to say that television shows do not tend to change public opinion directly. Certainly after Murphy Brown--as a single mother--had a child (an example Oppenheim uses), there was not a sudden increase in the glamour of single motherhood. In fact, there was a backlash, led first by Vice President Dan Quayle and soon picked up by others who would claim to be defending "family values." The show did not make viewers believe that being a single parent was fun or beneficial; on the other hand, it didn't condemn out-of-wedlock children either...