Word: realm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...consideration of Michael Mann's ravishing realization of The Last of the Mohicans. From its first images of a deer hunt to its last shots of hero and heroine gazing westward toward mist-shrouded mountains, the film's sensuous evocations of an Arcadian wilderness draw us into a remote realm -- just as the need to penetrate the majesty and mystery of that landscape draws its characters irresistibly on to fates ennobling and tragic...
Conservatives tend to say, Change the culture. Democrats tend to think of family values as matters that might be addressed by government policy -- which is precisely Dan Quayle's complaint. Conservatives uphold the private realm, Democrats the public realm. Conservatives tend to stress individual responsibility and changing behavior to correct the problem; liberals are inclined to think first of programs to mitigate the bad effects of trends such as unwed motherhood...
...Radcliffe President Linda S. Wilson, who has tried to propel Radcliffe further into the realm of public policy, predicts "some reordering of priorities as women become involved and a more critical mass within the legislative bodies...
Nelson's says she copes with her academic workand multiple commitments by using her dramaticactivities to release the pressure of herpoliticial ones. "Culture is a way for me torelease, to get out of the political realm, to besomeone else, to be in a totally differentsituation," Nelson says. "Going to play rehearsalis like therapy for me in a lot of ways...
...when it comes to the partisan politics of the election, Jean Corlette, one of Harvard's there directors of federal relations, says the hands-off stance is also based on former President Derek C. Bok's belief that "morally and pragmatically, the University must stay out of the political realm...