Word: waxed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What they loathe above all is the meaning of Disney. William Styron denounces the still hypothetical park for "its inevitable vulgarization of our heritage." Barbara J. Fields waxes poetic about the value of the past, then declaims boldly that "such things cannot be consumed as entertainment, experienced by carnival rides, pictured on mugs or T shirts, or simulated by animated wax figures." Shelby Foote expresses "fear that the Disney people will do to American history what they have already done to the animal kingdom -- sentimentalize it out of recognition...
That is because they are not real, let alone "more real than reality." And yes, Mickey is an inauthentic mouse. One expects Europeans to wax heavy about that. But one expects a bit more sense from American historians...
Replacing dressing-for-success with dressing-for-sex is no leap forward. Men don't wear tight pants to get a promotion or a new client. By contrast, women lighten, heighten, straighten, curl, iron and bleach their hair. Unwanted hair is ripped out by its roots with hot wax, shaved, electrolyted and depilated. Bound feet may never have caught on here, but high heels that force the entire body weight to rest on the tip of the big toe are a cause of daily anguish...
Leaving the store, I cautiously opened my treasure, hoping to save the wrapper as a memory of the first hint of April. The old-style wax wrappers were salvageable, and I still have ones from almost 10 years ago in my room. But I new cellophane covering nearly disintegrated in my hand. So much for holding on to memories from childhood...
Most Demeaning Performance by a Journalist (Not Including Rather-Chung Promos): CBS's Al Trautwig, to Italian cross-country skier Manuela di Centa after her victory in the 15-km race: "Was it the skis, the wax or your heart...