Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...apparently, does Raisa Gorbachev. For all the difference between her glamorous life-style and the drudgery endured by most Soviet women, the First Lady expresses attitudes that reflect popular aspirations. In a letter to TIME, she strikes a series of chords that show her to be in tune with her female compatriots. Selflessness. Self-sacrifice. Keepers of the hearth and home. From such broad themes, it is only a small step to the primary preoccupation: coping with life as it is, rather than dreaming how it might be. What does a woman want...
Such bouts of good feeling have been seen before -- and dashed before. Alone, they have little more significance than smiles at a summit, and they can be just as deceptive and dangerous. But to the extent that the new attitudes reflect real reforms in Soviet society that shrink the basic differences between the two nations, they could mark a historic turning point in the cold war. That would be far more important than anything Reagan and Gorbachev might conjure up at a crowded conference table, or inside a cozy dacha...
...process runs in two directions. As reporters, we were trying to reflect a trend that, by reflecting, we helped to perpetuate. Stimulating and extensive crimson coverage is probably not enough to propel your average Harvard undergraduate down to Blodgett Pool to view a women's water polo contest. But why aren't spectators there already? What factors determine the popularity of various sports...
Game stories report scores. But columns and editorials are subjective by definition. When we have the chance, as journalists, we've got to do more than reflect opinion--we've got to question and analyze opinion as well, especially when the society we cover displays problematic attitudes...
...attorney for the Cambridge Afro-American Police Association, which filed the suit, said he would refer to the comment during the trial to reflect the racial insensitivity within the police department...