Word: modeling
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...judges by the standards of duty and loyalty to country, there are more successful princesses than Diana in this world. If only the international media was not English-dominated, we in America would have had much better model female consorts to follow. Take, for instance, Princess Alexandra of Denmark. A Eurasian former economist, she works hard to improve Danish trade. Or Crown Princess Masako of Japan '85, who was able to adapt herself to a most private and ancient family without a murmur. Look at Queen Noor of Jordan. As an American woman, she had been one of the first...
...loved being abroad more than being in Britain. Diana has been called the lonely princess. But one must stop to wonder at the discrepancy between her popular image and the fact that all her life she could never seem to keep close friends or loyal servants--evidence against the model of humanity and care that princesses ought to have...
...what was Princess Diana, really? Icon, yes. Model princess, never...
...welcome divergence arrives in the ninth essay, David B. Morris' "Placebo, Pain, and Belief: A Biocultural Model," which departs from the heavily clinical investigations of preceding chapters to reestablish the broader, sociological approach utilized by the Shapiros. Linking human behavioral biology to cultural conceptions which range from early Native American culture to present-day society, Morris' argument discusses the resurgence of placebo research and the role of endorphins with vivid allusions to historical and religious conceptions of pain. The capstone of the essay section of the book, Morris' work also prepares the reader for the long-awaited highlight of Harrington...
Boyhood is unusual not only in style, but in motive as well. While most writers of memoirs blame their parents for turning them into screw-ups, Coetzee takes a decidely unconventional turn. The young Coetzee resents his privilege. At school, he is the model student, finishing first in all his classes without a semblance of strain. At home, he is "an irascible despot," displacing his ineffectual father as the household's center of attention: "He has never worked out the position of his father in the household. In fact, it is not obvious to him by what right his father...