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...There are undoubtedly many causes for what used to be called the 'sexual revolution,' but it is absurd to suppose that depictions or descriptions of uncommitted sexuality were not among them." At times the report hesitantly departs from an examination of pornography and discusses the need for a moral compass in society. "We all agree that some degree of individual choice is necessary in any free society, and we all agree that a society with no shared values, including moral values, is no society at all." While they refrain from seeking to impose their view by legislation, the commissioners make...
...make bankers blanch and children save their pennies. He directed me to southwest Washington and an annex of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, a gray building across from the Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant. Thirty years in Washington and I'd never been there. Did I need a compass and extra rations for such a journey? I kidded. The bureaucrat roared. I liked...
...mean that China has been uncivilized during these years. On the contrary, we owe many of the world's greatest discoveries to the Chinese. The Chinese Association of Science and Technology (CAST) has organized an exhibit which bolsters China's civilization advancing discoveries, including magnetism, gunpowder, papermaking, printing, the compass, and the seismograph. China: 7,000 Years of Discovery is a unique exhibition displaying science, technology and artistry of China's past seven milleniums...
...when they get this panic-but in the voods they make a big circle. After they run this big circle three or four times, they fall on the ground, because they are so tried with their tongue hanging out one foot. Then they remember they have the compass and map in their pockits. When they look at map and use compass, they come to their car, only two blocks away. Bet Mike forgot the map and compass...
...Greene's constant readers will disagree. The Tenth Man offers, in small compass, the narrative combination that eventually became recognized as the author's trademark; it is a smoothly plotted psychological thriller in which the hero must struggle not only for his life but for his soul...