Word: idealisms
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Gustave Courbet has been seen for most of this century as the patriarch of the avant-garde ideal, a man both embodying his time and working in defiance of bourgeois taste: in short, a hero. He was born in 1819 the son of a farmer, lived as a socialist, and died in 1877 exiled in Switzerland, his paintings deemed unexhibitable in France on political grounds. In the end, Courbet was financially crushed by a judgment imposed on him by the French government of more than 300 million francs -- precisely the cost of re-erecting the Vendome Column, the imperial symbol...
...walk-ons," accepted for their talents in non-athletic realms, but no less an integral part of the team than their recruited teammates. In addition, the extensive intramural program and outstanding sports facilities here provide ample opportunity for all students to participate in pursuit of the Greco-Roman ideal. One might justifiably state that Harvard takes more steps than any other institution in the country to see that this ideal may be achieved...
These people want to create their own ideal of Beauty. It's called Ugly...
Gorbachev knows that neither the lame-duck President nor the President-elect is in a position to transact much meaningful business. That will give the Soviet leader an ideal opportunity to float bold ideas, then sit back and watch as the two Americans respond tentatively, if not defensively...
...President John R. Silber has called Chelsea "an ideal laboratory for a University experiment...