Word: idealizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...university is too late, entirely toolate," Vendler says. "Any ideal university will bewelcoming at its entrance people whose memorieshad already been superbly trained...
...changes in the top administration. Jewett has served as dean of the College since 1985 and has filled that position longer than anyone since World War II. He has been a model dean in some areas, such as involving students in administrative decisions, but has often been less than ideal when handling controversial matters...
...Onassis: "It was always in very nice terms, but the moment she said what was wrong, there wasn't any doubt. I'd say to myself, 'Well, silly me, why did I try that one on for size. It clearly wasn't going to work.' " Loring found her an ideal sounding board: "She had an extraordinary ability to be interested in the person she was working with." He adds with a flourish, "She makes you feel you could do almost anything. Any man married to Jackie probably would have to become President of the United States...
Armed with its findings, Coke set out to address the very real problems that teens face without seeming, on the surface at least, to exploit them. The OK trademark struck company marketers as the ideal solution. "It underpromises," says Lanahan. "It doesn't say, 'This is the next great thing.' It's the flip side of overclaiming, which is what teens perceive a lot of brands do." At the same time, the OK theme attempts to play into the sense of optimism that this generation retains. ("OK-ness," says a campaign slogan, "is the belief that, no matter what, things...
...According to Gregoire, the duo was deviously determined to "incriminate the [council] for negligence and ...create an ideal photograph for...surreptitious and malicious ends...