Word: iconization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Reagan, the most recent icon for conservative government, advocated freedom. Buchanan opposes free trade and wants the government to close our borders. He speaks for a small percentage of the white right that the Republican Party should not worry about losing. Elections are won in the middle, not on the intolerant fringes of political belief...
Zackheim's case is intriguing if not entirely convincing. A feminist activist in the 1960s and early '70s, she says she decided to pursue the book when she discovered that Einstein, a great icon of her youth in Compton, Calif., had had a child he might have forsaken. "It fascinated me from a psychological point of view," she says. "How did his daughter feel about being abandoned, especially by somebody who was so important to the culture...
...following year. By not even providing the titles early enough, students have no idea what classes actually will be offered in the fall. I was pleased to see that the Web course catalog I dutifully downloaded in August had Web links for every course--though, despite the cheery "syllabus" icon on the second page, the overwhelming majority led nowhere. In my experience professors sometimes don't even have a syllabus completed by the first day of class...
...formaldehyde installations by consummate shockmeister Damien Hirst, as well as works by Chris Ofili, Marcus Harvey and 39 others. Visitors who make it past Hirst?s ill-fated animals will never mistake this show for an Impressionist retrospective: Ofili?s work "The Holy Virgin Mary" features a religious icon strategically smeared with elephant dung. Harvey?s piece "Myra" consistently evokes protest wherever it is shown; the painting uses children?s handprints to depict infamous child murderer Myra Hindley. With headliners like these, it?s not surprising that the museum has slapped an "R" rating on the exhibit...
Redstone has said he fully intends to be CEO when Karmazin's current contract expires. "Look, Sumner Redstone is one of the four or five corporate geniuses," says radio icon and longtime Karmazin friend Don Imus. "And Mel is in that class with Rupert, Ted and Eisner. We'll see what sort of relationship they have...