Word: mentality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...industrialization, private life came to be exalted as a sanctuary, then began to provide the standards for public life as well. The age of civility became the age of charisma and false "intimacy." Politicians were judged as personalities and acted accordingly; so did musical virtuosos. Narcissism became the basic mental illness of modern times. This may sound overly schematic, but Sennett ornamented his provocative thesis with a rich array of illustrations on what kind of makeup French ladies used under the ancien regime and why London theater audiences wept when a hero died, and why the malls of modern shopping...
...that a woman cares enough about herself to improve herself. I exercise because it makes me feel good, not because of how men react to it." Says Gail Eisen, 40, a producer at CBS News in New York and co-author of The Pilates Method of Physical and Mental Conditioning: "Just being thin isn't pretty any more. Now beauty is the vibrancy of someone who's got blood rushing through her body from exercise. To be beautiful you have to be healthy. And to be healthy you have to exercise...
...Palo Alto, Calif., brain surgeon who trades in her scalpel for a javelin once a week. Beth Edens, 31, is usually on the move as a sales representative for a Houston printing company but still finds time to keep in shape with aerobic-exercise classes. "It's mental health," she says. "If it helps me physically, fine. But most of all it's a release...
...those who think senility, or at least softheadedness, may have already arrived with the strong and healthy look. "Women are in danger of turning in on themselves, becoming emotionally muscle-bound," says Jon Wilkman, a Los Angeles producer of documentaries for cable TV. "We've entered an age of mental and physical narcissism. Originally, man built a strong body to do work. Now women are building their bodies just to look good. Is that enough? Does beauty stop at the skin line? For this kind of woman, it does. She will be sitting alone, in an empty room, with...
...firm with assets of $300 million in less than two years. A stylish dresser, Boesky stays in shape for his 18-hr, workdays by playing squash or tennis four times a week. Says he of risk arbitrage: "If one is willing to work hard and can withstand the mental and physical pressures, there is probably no more exciting enterprise...