1.   Again, more men than women endorsed the romantic ideal by answering yes.

2.   John still cleaves to his romantic ideals.

3.   Only Richard Burton, her first lover, seems like the chivalrous romantic ideal.

4.   The reality of mothering is frequently very different from the romantic ideal.

5.   Blame romantic ideals.

6.   But one upshot of it all was that openness, sensitivity and honesty became key hallmarks of a good relationship -- in other words, the new romantic ideals.

7.   For one thing, the Manwaring trade crushed the last remnants of his romantic ideal.

8.   Her neurotic, giggly, naive sex kitten of a wife will lie, cheat or steal her way to keeping alive the romantic ideal.

9.   In almost all of these musical episodes, Mann is observing the collision of Romantic ideals with modern reality.

10.   It was then that the publicity party began to trump the dinner party as the romantic ideal of what a sophisticated New York grown-up did to enjoy oneself.