Word: idealizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...main thing was my unhappiness in what should have been an ideal marriage. There was a lot of turmoil and a lot of feeling that no matter what I did, it was not sufficient and it didn't make me feel better. I spent a lot of time reading and talking with people who understood human sexuality, and then soul searching for a lot of years. So when the time came and the question was asked, I didn't have a choice but to give this answer...
When you arrive next fall, don't freak out ifyour living situation doesn't seem ideal atfirst--if it seems, perhaps, a little too quiet ora little too boring. A happy school year does notnecessarily require a view of the Yard, proximityto Store 24 or an entryway that resembles the setof animal House...
...everyone's idea of gay liberation is a magazine modishly modeled on Vogue or GQ, albeit with same-sex couples parading fashions and lesbians fantasizing about their ideal spa. But those willing to set aside political correctness for gossipy profiles, moody travel pieces and smart reviews of gay-tinged pop culture -- along with pieces about abortion, aids and activism -- can now look forward to the quarterly publication...
...knows," a young Harry Truman wrote to his future wife Bess, "maybe I'll be like Cincinnatus and be elected constable someday." The ideal of the noble citizen reluctantly laying down his plow to spend a few years cleaning up his government is deeply appealing to most Americans, especially now during this open season on professional politicians. Such sentiments account for the burst of enthusiasm greeting Ross Perot and for the best-sellerdom that inevitably awaits David McCullough's loving and richly detailed megabiography of Truman...
...want is in the six shops within a ten minute walk of Harvard Yard. There is free live music of the streets every night. When it gets too hot, people play in the fountain in front of the Science Center. For summer in the city, it's pretty much ideal...