Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Vote for me--I'll do your homework," may be replaced by "Open the final clubs' doors to women," when students draw up their campaign posters for the Undergraduate Council next fall. Or as likely some posters could say, "Don't worry about clubs, improve Harvard's social life...
...this means that we can expect our culture to become ever more motivated by social competition. Certain types of goods will slip even further out of read of the middle classes. And this cycle will feed on itself--particular brands will take on even greater importance. And even another economic disaster probably won't be able to convince us that there are other things of value in life besides money...
Initial impressions aside, the foursome quickly discovered that they shared much in common. "We were Harvard's ultimate social engineering project. The number of connections of interests you can draw between us is incredible," Martin says...
...salesman and with good reason. He is the one member of society whose efforts are perfectly tailored to the society around him. The salesman's interactions run the gamut from complete alienation to perfect compatibility, as quickly as a turn-down becomes a sale. He is a modern social prototype as profound as the warrior of antiquity...
Wolfe, in his new novel, tells the story of a different type of salesman, Sherman McCoy, a Yale-educated bond trader. Wolfe's incarnation still resonates with the uniquely American dilemmas of social adjustment. McCoy too wants to be well-liked, although he defines success more in terms of the quantity of party invitations he receives than the number of smiles from a housewife...