Word: utopian
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...survey of the effects of non-ordered choice upon houses by the Harvard Independent hints at the ill effects of the utopian policy of randomization. Karel Liem, master of Dunster House, says that "[t]he individuality of the house is truly endangered...
Those who want to erase the character of the houses should have thought about the ill effects of their utopian ideal. With student choice, a house can build a staff of tutors to cater to the needs of its particular community and thus shape its students intellectual lives...
...British philosopher Bertrand Russell said in the 1950s that the Australians' laconic mode of living could "point the way to a happier destiny for man throughout the centuries to come." Australians may finally be developing the sort of culture that could match Russell's utopian vision. They are waking up to the fact that they are not so much isolated as irrevocably enmeshed in a new society -- neither totally European nor Asian nor Aboriginal but containing elements of all three -- that is just being born. The promise is that unlike much of the rest of the world, Australia...
...World opened in 1971, at its close. Neither date is a coincidence: the existence of Disney theme parks on three continents has diminished, if not spoiled, the once-in-a-lifetime thrill of international expositions. Florida's Disney World in particular is a world's fair manque, complete with Utopian subtext, we're-in-business-to-help-people corporate pavilions and a giant sphere; and now, alas, Expo '92 may be experienced as something of an imitation. "It's sort of like Disneyland," an Expo '92 flack unhesitatingly said to a group of visiting journalists just before the first...
...superb orchestra complements the cast, and music director Erich Hoeber Deserves as much credit as director Fried-Miller and the producers Maria Gamble and Michael Voll, whose attention to detail brings realism to the utopian world that the audience is drawn into...