Word: ideals
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...ideal schedule would have me shell out $500 for sourcebooks alone—not including another $300 for real, honest-to-God books. Some of these sourcebooks cost almost $200 apiece, for example the infamous sourcebook for Literature and Arts B-20, “Designing the American City: Civic Aspirations and Urban Form” that costs an astounding $200.50. Is there any logical constraint on what we will be asked to pay for an item with little, if any, residual value once the semester is over...
...liberally, he thinks, may soften its offensive blow, a theory propounded by filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Lenny Bruce. This way, speakers can take control of the word’s semantic implications, “owning” and defining it according to a more positive, and self-determined, ideal...
...Lisbon Traviata, excessive enjoyment of opera represents an escape from the mediocrity of life into the magnificence of art. The masterful opera singer Maria Callas is the divine artistic ideal, offering deliverance to the unfulfilled characters. Callas provides them with insight into the finer points of existence...
...emotionally wrenching romantic failure will find themselves reliving the painful reality of it in this play. The tragedy of The Lisbon Traviata is that love, though beautiful, is not always true. Unlike the awe-inspiring evocations of Callas’ voice, relationships will inevitably fall short of the ideal...
Homosexuals are attracted to members of the same sex; hence, a man is attracted to a man. For the flamboyant, effeminate homosexual, this presents a slight problem. With masculinity and virility as the ideal, the queen is often left without any courtiers—sometimes without any allies—in what can seem a lonely gay world. Walking into a room, I’m used to meeting the scornful eyes of other gay men who condemn me for perpetuating stereotypes. Last year, my gay best friend convinced me that I was always “acting...