Word: romanticization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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HO: Just because it's called an office romance doesn't mean you should conduct it in an office. So our first bit of advice is to get it outside. You don't really want to ask somebody out on a date over their desk. Oftentimes these relationships are so...
“Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium” bears a strong resemblance to “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” except that Mr. Magorium, the Mr. Wonka parallel, doesn’t appear to have a personality disorder and doesn?...
In his four years at Harvard, Barnhill says, many of his “romantic ideas” have evaporated. He’s decided it’s better to work within the system.
He speaks for the 19th-century Romantic tradition where the hero, introspective and melancholy, consciously discards social conventions and, in doing so, sometimes even gains greater power over other people.
But where does this “itch” come from? One particular bout broke out in the early 20th century, when many graduates—often from Oxbridge—found themselves with the means to travel more cheaply and safely than before. Somewhat averse to joining the...