Word: ideals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reality of coming to Harvard and one that people need to think about when deciding to come here," says Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley Nathans. "It's not ideal...
...story, pretty dull. The prince cannot find a princess he wants to marry. A random girl arrives at his house, claiming to be royalty; an uncomfortable sleep due to a pea under her mattress proves it and the two are happily married. Perhaps that's why Princess makes an ideal parody--a simple plot leaves plenty of room for humor: a crazy Jester, a flatfooted princess, a glasses-wearing prince and even an army of dancing, cartwheeling mattresses. Overall, Pea will elicit a chuckle from anyone...
...remark after another, all the while wrapping his acerbic barbs in self-deprecation. Perry's got great timing and a needling delivery, and these qualities have helped make his Chandler Bing the most consistently funny and engaging character on "Friends" for the last five years. And Perry is an ideal sitcom actor--his playful banter and caustic wisecracks are perfectly suited to a medium that thrives on one-liners. But Perry is still trying to find his niche as a movie star. Almost Heroes was a total dud, and his Fools Rush In would more accurately be interpreted...
...fact, it may be the only supportable form of engagement left to a species that in this century has tacked its way into the horse latitudes of history through an ocean of blood. For the opposite of irony is piety, and piety is devotion to an ideal. But the world wars, Watergate and Vietnam killed our ideals by violence. Our Trumps, Falwells and Clintons will keep them dead by mockery...
...leader in marketing freezers and refrigerators that don't damage the atmospheric ozone layer, which protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation. Old models were cooled by chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, which can seep out and attack the ozone. And early CFC substitutes, though less destructive, were still not ideal. Last year Iceland brought out a brand of appliances cooled by isobutane, which does no harm to the atmosphere. On the food front, Walker tries to be a purist. He's been in the vanguard of the European campaign against genetically altered food and has now banished all artificial colors...