Word: meres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This disorder may sound like a mere coldness of temperament. It's not, although it seems to be one of the frostiest rules of society: to care to a certain extent about various individuals around you, you have to distance yourself from the chatterboxes who would have you know every curious thing, and memorize every curious conclusion, about every other human in your hallway. These same petty details, unfortunately, are what often pass for social contact...
...front hall trying to put a leash on a dachsund. The floor was a deep green marble, and it went on and on. It led to a five-foot walnut staircase that swept up in a sumptuous curve to the floor above. It was the sort of apartment the mere thought of which ignites flames of greed and covetousness under people all over New York and, for the matter, all over the world. But Sherman burned only with the urge to get out of this fabulous spread of his for thirty minutes." The Bonfire of the Vanities...
...strongly disagree with the opinion of Eden Williams that we segregate ourselves to the detriment of racial relations. Our mere decision to attend Harvard University over such traditionally Black institutions as Hampton, Fisk or Howard Universities demonstrates our knowledge of "reality" as she perceives it. Yet we must vehemently denounce the notion that the awareness of this "reality" must be translated into assimilation and loss of our culture. Rather, we argue that the maintenance of one's own culture is essential in an effort to respect and appreciate dissimilar ones. Ms. Williams and those who concur with her are obviously...
...assume the responsibilities of adulthood when they are biologically ready will reduce the length of the "teen" years and encourage the formation of responsible adults at a younger age. Ironically, this measure can itself further the cause of social stability which moralistic social critics seek to strengthen by mere rhetoric. Certainly, an educational system which complements and responds to physical maturation must be superior to one which ignores or seeks to contradict that growth...
...main problem with this play is the script. To say it's inane would be an understatement. Paul, the banker, is accused of not producing, of being a mere paper-mill. Does this symbol for an age offer the remotest response? Forget it. An unsavory type whom you can be sure Paul doesn't meet at Le Cirque confronts this modern success story by questioning the meaning of his life if there is nothing he is willing to die for. Does Paul put up at least an inarticulate defense for the lightness of his being? No time; a blackout...