Word: milieu
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...first glance appears as though it might be nothing more than the chic literary equivalent of the TV comedy "Friends." But Beller's great accomplishment, says TIME's Ginia Bellafante, "is that he has managed to weave a series of touching and exceptionally memorable tales from this familiar milieu...
This year during spring break, I brought four roommates back to my drinking milieu, this time represented by Montreal. In no nearby city can one have a good time more easily or for less money. In clubs, bars and cafes we drank with the abandon of those who know that most of the other American patrons are first-year barely pushing 18. We were much more legal than they were...
...play's greatest strength is playwright John Guare's absolutely precise understanding of the Kittredges' life and milieu. They are sophistcated, ironic, baffled by their children, and a bit greedy, and their rapid-fire dialogue is the play's only unalloyed pleasure. Elsewhere, when Guare burlesques surly adolescents or waxes philosophical about the value of deep human connections, the play loses its sure touch; but when the Kittredges are on stage, especially in the first scene, they are delightful to hear...
...movie is based on a 1991 best-selling novel by Irit Linur and follows the zigzag entanglements of Talilah Katz, a thirtysomething advertising executive who fits easily into Tel Aviv's chic yuppie milieu and is representative of the modern, liberated young Israeli women contemptuous of the macho and militaristic values woven through their society. ``A fine movie, well produced and well acted,'' summed up l`Isha, a women's publication, and added, ``For a change, Tel Aviv doesn't look like it is part of a third-world country.'' Fox financed his $600,000 film from government grants...
This argument may be accurate in theory, but is incredibly naive in reality. Porcelain myth notwithstanding, women being accepted into a final club does not guarantee their financial success. Students must be accepted into the social milieu that final clubs provide. Since many club members do not want to admit women, opening the punch process would have to occur only in grudging response to substantial pressure from the outside...