Word: maximalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Fortunately, Harvard places a higher priority on subsidizing the education of the student who cannot afford to attend this University or any other than on cleaning Mr. Yoo's "stinking bathroom." Like the Harvard-Radcliffe Fund, we agree that the familiar Marxist-Leninist maxim, "...each according to his ability, to each according to his needs," applies quite well to Harvard-Radlcliffe's admissions policy...
...latest of these follows the time-honored maxim that you can sell anything to Americans if you can convince them that it will make them more sexually appealing. The most recent series of magazine ads shows a pair of beautiful men or women discussing the attractive aspects of their newest romantic prospect, especially his or her taste in scotch...
Harvard has, of course, anticipated this query. And the answer is: "The philosophy pursued by The Harvard-Radcliffe Fund may be summed up by an old maxim: each according to his ability, and to each according to his needs." I just wish I knew Harvard was out in the forefront of the Marxist Leninist movement before I came here. But I have to admit, I love the picture of 300 class agents, palms held upward, chasing their classmates about the Yard spouting communist doctrine...
...population as a whole. During the baby-booming 1950s, advertising scenes were filled with contented suburban families. By the late '60s and early '70s, those characters gave way to a groovier generation of young people. In the years following that revolution, advertisers have slavishly followed a maxim that dictates YOUTH SELLS. In TV commercials, young people seemed to be the only ones driving cars, taking vacations and buying insurance...
...Overheard in a gaggle of White House reporters waiting for a sighting of the peripatetic George Bush: "Such a good guy. Such a normal, wonderful family . . . It's disgusting." Beltway political maxim: the only thing worse than persistent corruption is unrelenting wholesomeness...