Word: transcendently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gives America heroes--heroes in the gallery when he delivers a State of the Union address, heroes from the Olympics, heroes from old movies, John Wayne and Gary Cooper quotations in the middle of political speeches. His amiable being--the sheer niceness and normality of the man--seems to transcend his policies, to immunize him from the poisonous implications of some of his own opinions. Americans respond to the strength and clarity of his character, the predictability of his resolve...
...shame Kurzman can't have fun. No measure of success by our athletic teams can do anything to detract from Harvard's reputation. If nothing else, success such as that enjoyed by the hockey team creates a greater respect for Harvard students. It shows us as individuals who can transcend the stereotypical role of the serious, career-oriented scholar to achieve something of distinction in a non-academic field. The general public is led to regard Harvard students as humans rather than intellectual automatons...
Living in Norway made me realize how much I am a part of American culture. And how difficult it is to transcend cultural inhibitions. When I went to the beach, I never quite escaped that thrill of the illicit. But with Scandinavian values as a catalyst, I have at least grown critical--and impatient with American sexual repressiveness. Playboy, as the most respectable buttress of pornography, is key among these repressive forces...
Forty years ago, Harvard's sociology department merged with social psychology and cultural anthropology to become the Department of Social Relations, under the leadership of Talcott Parsons. Parsons, trained in philosophy and intrigued by several areas within the social sciences, envisioned a broad-based department which could transcend individual disciplines in its study of society as a whole...
AIDS is not just an academic question. The Festival of Life is consciousness-raising about AIDS, proving once and for all that it is not a "special interest" issue, but one that concerns us all. The festival also points out the potential that we have as students to transcend the routines of college life...