Word: idealize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is no reason in economic history why the American cowboy ought to be any more interesting than, say, the American steelworker or coal miner. Yet in some complex translation of reality into the collective American myth, the cowboy became a national ideal, the symbol of civilized individualism riding west. The state of the cowboy myth became a gauge of American values, of the way that the nation envisioned good guys and bad guys: the wholesomely, vapidly manly Buck Jones-Tom Mix model gave way to a post-World War II demigod. John Wayne, who had none...
Harvard seems an ideal location for film romance. Ryan O'Neal and Alt McGraw met in the old Radcliffe library one fall evening in "Love Story." Melissa Sue Anderson fell in love with her Expos teacher's husband in the recent made-for television film "First Affair...
...ideal and cropian state, or University, Black tables will no longer exist in either the Union or the Houses. Whites will accept Black, and vice verse, to the extent that the two races can approciate each other's cultural differences without using them as a basis for separation. Blacks will be secure enough in their identify--racial, cultural, or otherwise--so that Black tables will not be necessary to develop the sense of "being Black." While there is nothing wrong with Black tables as expressions of cultural solidarity, when they become ends in themselves, they thwart the purpose for which...
Managua's attempts at conciliation in spite of this Administration's policy of confrontation was an ideal opening for Washington to come to a settlement with the Sandanistas. After all, the Nicaraguans were the ones backing down, an all important consideration given Reagan's John Wayne style of diplomacy. And the increasing criticism from this country of Salvadoran human rights excesses appeared of late to be producing a few positive results: for example, the Ministry of Defense transfered and demoted several officers accused of rights violations, including the intelligence heads of the Treasury Police--noted rights abusers--and the National...
...deal seemed ideal for show business personalities and other wealthy investors. Two Wall Street firms promised to put their money into safe, high-yielding Government securities. Moreover, said the brokerage houses, they would manage the accounts so that customers would get large income tax deductions. Among the 88 investors enticed into laying out at least $600,000 apiece in cash and notes to one of the firms were Actor Sidney Poitier, Television Producer Norman Lear and Composer Henry Mancini...