Word: idealizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...These things are always a surprise, Reardonsaid. "One doesn't always have flexibility tochoose timing in an ideal...
...next year the Harvard Board ofOverseers, which included future presidentFranklin D. Roosevelt, unanimously overruledLowell's exclusion of blacks from first-yeardorms. The reversal was intended, according to theBoard, as an appeal to the ideal of "equalopportunity for all, regardless of race orreligion...
...literal mystery becomes a psychological one, an investigation into the whys and wherefores of suicide and envy. Soon enough, Hoolihan finds herself facing the abyss that lies between Jennifer's seemingly ideal life and her own drab existence. "Jennifer Rockwell is inside of me," the cop says, "trying to reveal what I don't want to see." And this, of course, is Amis' mode as well: to shine a flashlight on our seamy undersides and see what crawls...
...over small things, or complaining about her hair to Billy, her ex) that endear her to us. In fact, it is these small idiosyncrasies that make us identify with her and compel us to keep coming back for more. Without them, she might very well stand as a more ideal role model for young women. But would we identify or empathize with a paragon of social and professional virtue and excellence? No, probably...
...ethnic groups is to teach the campus about themselves, while at the same time learning about other ethnic groups in an effort to promote intercultural dialogue and understanding. But what Nguyen is advocating is that Harvard's ethnic groups themselves should be multicultural. He writes that in an ideal world, the Harvard Vietnamese Association (HVA) would have the resources to approach every freshman and encourage him to join HVA. In Nguyen's ideal world, the participants at a festive dinner for the Chinese New Year would look just like the participants at a festive dinner for Rosh Hashanah...