Word: myth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...order to view the decision properly, we must discard the myth of a passive and aloof court. The court must be seen as a dynamic player in the field of public policy, which must negotiate, administer and oversee such affirmative decrees if it proposes to continue the battle to give substantive meaning to the rhetoric of equality...
...necessary myth that the artistic director is a one-man band. But of course he has help, and Private View explains clearly how this bulky performing machine keeps going. Fund raiser Larry Lynn tracks Kimberly-Clark for $2,500 worth of free Kleenex. It is ballet mistress Elena Tchernichova who actually produces the"Baryshnikov ballerina." Fraser recognizes and describes the importance of Charles France, Baryshnikov's assistant, to his boss. A brilliant, obsessive fellow, France virtually handed his head, stuffed with dance scholarship and a phenomenal performance memory, to Baryshnikov on a plate. Often his erudition was crucial; a Soviet...
...Cowboys' cheerleaders even visited American troops in South Korea. All of these elements contributed to the label and built the myth of America's Team. The myth also led to an image of invincibility...
...between the myth of invincibility and the reality in the standings has grown so huge that the myth can no longer be sustained...
...rejuvinated Cowboys squad will have to fend for itself in the rough and tumble NFL without the protection of a myth or the illusion of being America's Team...