Word: nostalgias
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mentioned Carter only once, with words of praise for his energy program. He never mentioned his pugnacious rival. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, at all. But he must have been recalling past arguments in Washington when he warned a Harvard commencement audience of 25,000 against "a dangerous new nostalgia," a "longing for earlier days, when the world seemed, at least in retrospect, to have been a more orderly place, in which American power could, alone, preserve that order." U.S. armed forces "must be modernized, and they will be," said Vance, in order to "preserve the global military balance...
...lines outside the Rainbow Room, whose art deco trappings and bouncy bands have been part of Manhattan's nostalgia bank since the days when young ladies made their debuts there in elbow-length white gloves, may be the longest for any after-theater show in town; it is a place so perfectly preserved in décor and atmosphere that one half expects Fred and Ginger to come tripping down the curving, chrome-railed stairways. The Grill, which long played second sax to the Room, became a supper club in 1965. Its windows were doubled in size...
...what the University is trying to do. I don't know if it's necessarily succeeding, but as long as it tries, I will support it," she says. So despite her desire to enter the real world and carve a niche for herself, and her marked lack of nostalgia about graduating, Greis remains determined to keep in touch with the University in one way or another. Her pleasant memories result more fron her efforts than the institution's. "There's a lot of things offered here, and you have to motivate yourself to take advantage of them. Harvard should...
...quite a shelter." Indeed, leaving Harvard's protection for the real world seems an obsession for Greis, in part explaining her restlessness as Commencement approaches. She has generally enjoyed her four years here although a case of mono damped her first semester freshman year. Still, Greis feels little nostalgia about leaving. "It feels good to be leaving, it's a relief. I'm getting psyched for playing golf, this is the riskiest thing I could do. I'm waiting for the real world." Then, a pause. "Sometimes I don't know whether I'll be in the real world playing...
...right. Although produced with the "editorial assistance" of "Good Nixon" writer Ray Price, The Real War shows Nixon restrained only by his still-fervent desire for acceptance and respectability, fangs barely capped. Ultimately, the book most closely resembles a 327-page Richard Nixon speech. Despite the obvious nostalgia value, this, to many is a truly terrifying thought. The only relief comes from the secure--breathe deeply--knowledge that it is not coming to us live from the Oval Office...