Word: idealisms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...indeed, approaching the ludicrous--that, smile as we may at its follies, or denounce its barbarities, the truly monumental achievements of the Middle Ages have become too vast for us to cope with, or even understand: we are too small, and too afraid." Let me offer this as an ideal opening sentence to any question even tangentially nudging on the Middle Ages. And now, you see, having dazzled me, won me by your personal, involved, independently-minded assertion, your only job is to keep me awake. When I sleep I give...
...Democrats lose to Reagan next year, will their pre-eminent contenders turn over the presidential torch to younger compatriots? Hardly. Walter Mondale will be 60 and John Glenn will be 67 in 1988. Both will be beyond the age that we used to judge ideal for the presidency. But both will still be younger than Reagan was when he was first elected...
While administrators like to emphasize their "One University" concept--a place where all students can benefit from the resources of the undergraduate schools and the eight graduate schools--the reality is far from the ideal, especially in the case of Wharton...
...fact, said Dominique Moïsi of France's Institute of International Relations, the debate over new nuclear weapons is taking place in an environment in which there is "no satanic mantle and no ideal, no evil and no angels." Said Moïsi: "How do you educate people to the dubious charms of the balance of power? We are in a different world-a mixture of vague idealism and a lot of cynicism regarding power politics, a dangerous amalgam that sees the two superpowers as equally mediocre. What we have lost is the sense of what...
...will pack'em in. In addition, he fits the Foundation's criteria for guests: he's black, a celebrity, and no matter what he says no one will be offended. Duffy is irresistible case and will not offer anything even remotely related to race relations. Who could be more ideal? Jeffrey Freguson...