Word: badness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...night there. In New York, she preferred to sleep in the penthouse of the posh Crown Building, which she owned, or to take a set of suites at the Waldorf-Astoria. As yet another cushion in the disco at East 66th Street points out, "Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere...
...Egypt owes the U.S. for purchases of military equipment. The rates on those loans range from 12% to 14%, while the current market rate is 8%. Annual interest on the military debt totals $500 million a year. The State Department says any adjustment in interest rates would set a bad precedent...
This sort of reasoning is indicative of a more general misunderstanding of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Whenever some bad guy "gets off" because his rights were violated, the cry goes up among members of the Dirty Harry School of Justice that surely something is rotten in Denver when "animals" are afforded such noble protections. But what is forgotten is that the stringent proscriptions of the Constitution are there to protect the innocent. The Constitution protects the liberties of the guilty so as to safeguard those of the innocent--those who have nothing to hide...
...focus, and in the background of this film is poverty, rendered with realistic ambiguity, by means of shots of grey streets, shabby clothing, and simple clowning of street kids. The film makes no didactic statement about the evils of poverty, but shows us its results, good and bad, through the actions of Pat and Madjid...
...discussions on fighting criminal behavior. Inmates listen to motivational tapes with titles like "Think Positive" and "Improving Relationships." Psychologist Nanolla Yazdani leads spirited talks on psychology and decision making. "You have the guts to break the law," he admonishes. "I want you to have the guts to break your bad habits too." Says he: "The closest thing to what we do is a brain transplant...