Word: popularized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both the seminar's leaders and the participants agreed that Blacks have to promote awareness concerning the disease within their own community, exploiting television and radio with advertisements during popular shows, as well as distributing new pamphlets about AIDS prevention written to reach the Black community through churches and community centers...
...older artist who reflected the turmoil of his life in his later works. Mythology, classicism and Christian mythology are the dominant themes of the pieces on display, and the museum has arranged the exhibit chronologically. During his 37 years, Testa was continually plagued by his own unwillingness to produce popular, commerically successful works. Testa relied on the commissions and support of those who chanced across his artistic endeavors and happened to be of like mind. As a result, he spent his early artistic years in poverty...
...class,/ Ain't got no mother,/ Ain't got no father,/ Ain't got no culture." The generation that let down its Hair in 1968 and sang those lyrics gave birth to forms that still shape popular music, literature, film and television. Laugh-In begot Saturday Night Live. Julia paved the way for The Cosby Show. 2001: A Space Odyssey has metamorphosed into Star Wars. Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix spawned Heavy Metal. Big Bird wanders down Sesame Street, still a hippie innocent, a naive, ever hopeful thing with feathers...
...politics. But in 1968 enduring American optimism about the future collided with brutal reality: the political system was shaken to its foundations. The old political leadership was almost literally besieged. A new vanguard, arguing for a dramatic reordering of national priorities, emerged almost against its will, born of immense popular frustration. Then shots rang out in a hotel pantry. The U.S., a bitter and lacerated democracy of 200 million, was forced to choose its vision from a field narrowed by a demented electorate...
Finally, on more traditional ground, the council this semester will follow up on last fall's popular appearance by reggae star Jimmy Cliff with another campus concert. Last year, the council failed in repeated efforts to host concerts...