Word: patriarchate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...insistence on the upbeat also possibly served as an anodyne for the bitterness he felt when an ugly 1941 labor dispute ended his dream of managing his studio on a communitarian basis with himself as its benign patriarch...
Like many other persuasion professionals of his generation--most notably Edward Bernays, the patriarch of public relations--Burnett was obsessed with finding visual triggers that could effectively circumvent consumers' critical thought. Though an advertising message might be rejected consciously, he maintained that it was accepted subliminally. Through the "thought force" of symbols, he said, "we absorb it through our pores, without knowing we do so. By osmosis...
Autumn just got chillier for Chile's patriarch. The Spanish government on Friday formalized its request to extradite General Augusto Pinochet, leaving the ex-dictator's fate in the hands of Britain's House of Lords. The bewigged Law Lords will next week rule on the legality of Pinochet's arrest by British police. If they uphold it, he could be headed for a long holiday in Spain...
Yeltsin's mere presence at the rites was an unexpected act of political daring. The idea of national repentance for the murders was dropped months ago after the Patriarch withheld his blessing, and most leading politicians, with the exception of the ambitious Alexander Lebed and opposition leader Grigori Yavlinsky, found other things to do that Friday. Yeltsin's sudden decision to appear achieved the effect he so clearly enjoys, catching his rivals off balance and making them look foolish. This time, however, his about-face may have been inspired by more profound considerations. The day before the funeral...
...good things to come. Earlier this month, the Toronto Stock Exchange halted trading of his parent company, Seagram, to allow officials to deny a whirl of rumors: that Seagram was shedding its Tropicana juice division; that Bronfman might sell Universal to DreamWorks; and, last and most incredible, that patriarch Edgar Bronfman Sr. was essentially firing...