Word: idealisms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...widely attacked as a figleaf to cover up the sins of corporate involvement in the country. But they are the closest thing there is to reasonable standards of behavior for U.S. firms, and Carnation has not shown the least indication of concern or attempts at improvement. Here is an ideal opportunity for Harvard to pressure indeed for positive change, but the Corporation has effectively stonewalled the issue...
...members of the Democratic site-selection committee with Bavarian souffles, designer tote bags with their names inscribed and a boat trip on the Potomac. Chicago courted them with an energetic mayor-elect and a bubbly champagne brunch. Detroit, with its high unemployment and strong unions, presented itself as an ideal backdrop for Democratic issues...
...more than a century, the camera has conspired with artists and models to create successive ideals of allure. One early ideal was Parisian: gaunt and haul monde, with cheekbones so prominent you could cut your finger on them, if you dared touch them. Then, as the Hollywood cinema shouldered its way to eminence, the world standard became the active, approachable American woman, radiating health and common sense. Now there is another ideal, a new symmetry of features raising its profile in still and moving pictures. It sells mood, merchandise, magazines and, soon, movies. It holds all the history and mystery...
Vellucci has in the past introduced resolutions suggesting that Harvard Yard be paved over for use as a parking lot and that the Lampoon building be turned into a public latrine. He first thought of the castle as a shelter because of its "ideal location" and ample facilities...
...ideal water conditions produced very fast times over the 2000-meter course The Crimson got off to its characteristically fast start, establishing nearly a boatlength lead at the 800 meter mark...