Word: grandeur
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there is a message amid the decaying grandeur of Venice, it is the transience of power and glory. The romance surrounding the accession of Bill Clinton is destined to be ephemeral -- politics and poetry, by their very nature, cannot coexist for long. But for a moment, an American tourist amid the stones of Venice can bask in the awareness that his troubled nation has embraced the future and that the Old World is witnessing this leap of political faith with covetous eyes...
...however, Newsweek's portrayal of Bill Clinton as a knight on horseback conveys more hope than irony, whereas a similar picture of Ronald Reagan or George Bush would have been meant as a sneer at the president's delusions of grandeur. Perhaps some of this is due to the media's liberal slant, but not all. Both liberal and conservative politicians are routinely subjected to the sort of ridicule which Clinton is presently being spared. What, then, is the reason for this new optimism about politicians...
...amazing how funny House of Blue Leaves is, considering its four deaths, a schizophrenic wife, the Vietnam War, a husband who wants to run off to pursue delusions of grandeur. None of this bitter material prevents the funny parts from being really funny. Nor does it seem to depress the audience. As Bunny says, "I haven't seen so many people so excited since the premiere of Cleopatra. It's that...
Helen too has an overreaching plan, to leave Phil and open an upscale restaurant of her own. As she and Harry head toward failure, they also approach, but never attain, something like tragic status. As characters they are not complicated or resonant enough to sustain that kind of grandeur...
...time I came to college, my fragile ego was already enmeshed in my identity as a writer. But eventually, illusions of grandeur succumbed to enormous frustration. My friends' wiring overwhelmed me. I spend anguished hours staring at a computer screen. Expos assignments were tortuous. Even news stories at The Crimson took me hours...