Word: idealisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tale of the Drones, Keats examines many aspects of the new phenomena of these sprawling subdivisions. He finds little that is cheery. In a patriotic fervor, the country endorsed the idea that every veteran was entitled to own his home, and the resulting pieces of Federal legislation created an ideal opportunity for unscrupulous builders. Lured on by "no money down" advertising, married veterans proceeded to burden themselves with jerry-built houses and crushing mortgages, the wheels of credit began to grind, and the John and Mary Drones of America were trapped...
...Western eyes accustomed to classic Greek sculpture, which took as its ideal the figure of the perfect athlete or full-proportioned woman, it is immediately apparent that the goal for Indian sculpture was something quite different. The answer lies in the Indian belief that the aim of life is moksa, release from physical surroundings, and that art should contribute to that goal. Indian artists took their clue from the discipline of yoga, made their ideal the image of a mystical, purifying lightness signifying release from physical bondage, which they called the "subtle body," and believed to be the very form...
...lovely ideal. And where do you find these deities...
...HYRC has done little recently to further "The New Republicanism" or any other kind; it has acted only to further the frighteningly intense political ambitions of many of its members. A college political organization might better be used to encourage discussion and disseminate information about its ideal and purpose in order to further the cause of the party it represents...
Again and again executive wives themselves state firmly that the only sensible approach to the goal of being an ideal executive wife is to relax and forget about emulating a prototype. As Mrs. Charles Vychopen, wife of the traffic director of Slick Airways, put it: "You can't afford to get too inhuman about everything, and you can't be too sophisticated about how you act. The best thing is just to try to be yourself...