Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...came up with the idea because I wanted to inquire why cannibal metaphors are so prevalent in contemporary society," Huggan explains. "And also I wanted to examine the status of cannibalism as cultural myth which has been used in the past to justify imperial conquest and more recently has been used as an alibi for the success of modern consumer society...
...also tries to convey the idea that these texts are "beautiful," he said, although "that's thought to be old-fashioned humanistic belleslettrism, saying that something is beautiful...
...great success," Baeza said. "People were very enthusiastic because of the idea that the money goes to the food project. We also found that many people who couldn't [run in the race] made donations to the charity...
...numerous Harvadarians no brand has presented such danger to the language as Coors' Artic Ice. Yes, back in grade school our teachers righteously prodded us--in those interminable "map skills" classes--to put the "c" in "Arctic." But here, a nationally distributed consumer product dares to perpetuate the idea that "Artic" means something cold, frigid and perhaps highly alcoholic...
...think that if you're walking along the street and run into him, you'll see that he has a very warm, engaging personality," she said. "People like the idea of having a mayor who's an Afro-American, who is gay and who has a lot of style...