Word: realisms
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...Republicans, but the passion came too late. In terms of abstractions, it may be said that Mondale represented the past of Big Government, now seen as less appealing than the past of free enterprise represented by Reagan. But most people recognize such polarities as the stuff of speeches; realism always tugs toward the middle. Reagan beat Mondale because to huge numbers of Americans he simply looked like the better...
...remaining third of Difficult Loves was written in the fifties, when Calvino began to break from realism for the richer depths of philosophy, myth and fantasy. These stores are all similarly titled "Adventure of a...", and explore similar ideas, the brief moments of universal comprehension and ignorance arising from everyday life...
Liberal democrats offer only an empty basket of ideas to a frugal, hesitant populace. Barring a severe crisis, the liberal Democratic party has got no arsenal with which to fight the Republicans. The party must choose between a losing idealism at the national level and realism with increased political power...
...Kerry's views, while strongly liberal, are hardly radical. Though he has spurned ideological labels, he has recently been calling himself a "neoliberal," the new buzzword floating around to describe that strange association of Democrats favoring a new "realism" to go along with their traditional compassion. For Kerry this has taken vogue in his nebulous pledges to "reform" the country's tax structure, as he battles opponent Ray Shamie for the political center...
...obsession with glamour seems a throwback to the glittery fantasy worlds that Hollywood created in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, then largely abandoned for social relevance and downbeat realism in the '60s and '70s. "I think the public has been starved for glamour for a long time," says Joan Collins, 51, who was a well-traveled but undistinguished movie actress before achieving superstardom on Dynasty (and posing in the nude for Playboy last year). "I grew up watching beautiful actresses like Ava Gardner, Hedy Lamarr and Elizabeth Taylor. Getting away from one's mundane existence...