Word: idealize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proposed, would have a moderate effect without greatly disturbing the status quo. A survey conducted last year revealed that upperclassmen find that living in a house they selected as freshmen has little bearing on their ultimate satisfaction with the house. It seems a small price to pay considering an ideal alternative, that of all 12 houses gaining a continual, mild influx of the community diversity Harvard so proudly invokes...
...This certainly isn't the ideal situation," said Salvatore Albano (D-Somerville), the Senate chair of the Committee on Education. "But we're faced with serious fiscal problems. We have to understand that these are tough times, and everybody has to share...
...University's plans for the site have come under sharp criticism in recent months, as several faculty members argued that the lot's proximity to Widener and Lamont libraries makes it an ideal location for a new library or office building...
...ethical principles are no different than those of Wall Street traders," says Rob Weissman '88-'89, head of Harvard Watch, a group organized by consumer advocate Ralph Nader to monitor the University's investment activities. "Given the experience with the RJR takeover, this might be the ideal time for the University to review its policies...
From early childhood, boys learn that the ideal man looks something like Mr. Universe. "Watch Saturday-morning television, and you'll see all these huge, abnormally muscled beings on cartoons and kids' programming," notes Chicago osteopath Bob Goldman. "Conan and Rambo are the heroes." So are sports stars, some of whom -- like Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson and Seattle Seahawk linebacker Brian Bosworth -- are known to have taken the steroid shortcut. Scrawny youngsters, some only 13, eagerly pay between $50 and $400 to black-market dealers for a six-to-13-week cycle of pills and injectables that could turn them...