Word: good
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matter of trying to highlight the fact that there are no Hispanics in the faculty. The message is, 'It's okay for Latinos to be students, but they are not good enought to be professors,'" said Alianza Co-Chair Ana Maria Salazar...
There are in short inherent ironies that have fostered a series of unrealistic notions: the emphasis on external appearance undermines emphasis on good dietary habits, just as the desire for immediate results undermines the reality that fitness is a life-time endeavor...
EVEN the most basic apsects of a healthy lifestyle have been drawn into a parasitical relationship with modern, quick-fix culture. Notions of good health are governed by a misdirected philosophy of immediate gratification and a hell-bent emphasis on current notions of good looks, while advertisers and the growing health industry invest millions in glamour and gloss to see that we never forget our waist lines...
...some measure the effects of this attitude have been beneficial. Sedentary lifestyles are a thing of the past. Today more people of every age exercise than ever before. The benefits of good, consistent exercise for body, heart and head are, undoubtedly, well documented...
...this is not the whole picture. There is a downside to the wholesale emphasis on being "in good shape" that may have far reaching and damaging consequences...