Word: metaphoritis
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...three years after this week's Inauguration, Clinton will play variations on the great-expectations theme inherent (however artificially) in time's odometer, the rolling toward three zeroes. Clinton's metaphor during the 1996 campaign was the "Bridge to the 21st Century." Actually, his image-and-message crew tested a number of catchphrases: "Building a Bridge to the Future," "A 21st Century Agenda" and, candidly if bathetically, "Bridge to a Second Term." All lightning bugs, no lightning...
...President Clinton said in announcing the appointment, Albright has "steely determination" as well as a clear understanding of her dual function as a leading cabinet member and female role model. We see that the second follows naturally from the first, as she herself indicated in her own metaphor: "I hope my heels can fill your shoes," she said to outgoing secretary Christopher when she accepted her new position...
...such words smack of 1st millennium thinking in the face of 3rd millennium faith. They tend to see in the Internet something larger than themselves, an entity so much greater than the sum of its parts as to inspire awe and wonder. "People see the Net as a new metaphor for God," says Sherry Turkel, a professor of the sociology of science at M.I.T. The Internet, she says, exists as a world of its own, distinct from earthly reality, crafted by humans but now growing out of human control. "God created a set of conditions from which life would emerge...
...mutual tolerance, even convergence. Many Websites exhibit one hallmark of the scientific age: theological minimalism. Confident claims about the afterlife are rare, and notions of God are often vague. The ecospiritualists may pay homage to Gaia or indulge in tribal drumming rituals, but for many, Gaia is simply a metaphor, and drumming a way to unwind. Even ancient religions, as rendered by their excavators, lose some theological bite. The Asatru Webmaster admits his beloved Thor is just a symbol...
Goodman after all is running his campaign for the Undergraduate council presidency on one Issue -increasing council responsiveness to student opinion and he uses a walking Dinosaur as his Metaphor...