Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...object. It was this objecthood, having one's identity consigned to the status of an object, that Feminism reared up against. Because objecthood meant being a member of a psychologically subordinate class, it meant dependence on men for self-definition, and crippling your identity to fit the shape of the one already...
...figuring your self-esteem on little else than male-funded returns means that you are handicapped in loving yourself. You have to do it vicariously through men instead. It is a servile position and servility means degradation. Depressing your ego, your healthy selfishness, to fortify a man's takes shape as a self-hatred. It is being held in contempt and squeezing that role for every gambler's gold ounce it is worth...
...News Story, which is being aired this week, does not have quite strong enough a spine. On the other hand, the demonstrators' lack of emotional intrusiveness does allow the reporters-and the viewer-to concentrate on how raw information travels up the pipes, how various hands shape it into a manageable story as it goes along...
...built for a Japanese consortium in Auburn, N.Y. Yet the surge in direct foreign investment is a golden boon for the U.S. It will help offset the persistent deficit in the nation's balance of payments and provide new technology for the American economy. How do American workers shape up in the eyes of their foreign bosses? In a wry comment on Sony's plant in San Diego, President Akio Morita says: "Our American dealers questioned whether Sony products made in California would have the same quality as products made in Japan. Regardless of nationality, our workers must...
...meet that demand and to keep up with the rapidly expanding trailer subculture, a new vacation industry is taking shape. The sites are variously called destination resorts, luxury campsites, hotels without rooms. They cater to families owning "recreational vehicles"-trailers, campers, motor coaches-whose number is now increasing by 25% a year. In 1961, 83,500 "rec vees" were sold; last year the number was 740,000. There are now some 6.5 million rec-vee families...