Word: condemned
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...decent, fair-minded person has a moral obligation to condemn extremism, religious or secular. But the Pope's peremptory linking of Islam and violence is irrational and irresponsible, especially when such a wildly inaccurate judgment comes from somebody whose religion has historically caused much more extensive and brutal suffering than Islam ever...
...hard-earned money elsewhere. “Historically, it’s dreadful,” Lockwood says of the film, which depicts a fabricated relationship between an irascible Beethoven—played by Ed Harris—and a fictional female copyist. Yet Lockwood doesn’t condemn the movie entirely. “There’s a nub of psychological truth in the idea that an old and isolated artist could have been thrilled to have a young woman be his copyist,” he says. “But it’s largely...
...hovers between one and two percent, depending on the study. But more importantly, their claim elides the primary concern of HRL’s campaign, namely the fetus, as well as the campaign’s demand for greater resources to assist young mothers. Pro-choice activists who summarily condemn their opponents as anti-women evince no more honesty or nuance than anti-abortion activists who condemn their opponents as anti-baby. There can be no progress on this issue until Harvard’s pro-choice spokespersons are more interested in confronting the sincere moral concerns of the anti...
...Prof. Al-Rawi would likely have left, too, if it hadn't been for his interest in the AMS - and his commitment to the professors' union. "If we all leave, we condemn the next generation of Iraqis to backwardness," he told me. "Without an intelligentsia, our society will retreat to the Middle Ages...
...Fame. Lucille Ball bought her suitcases there. The neighborhood fell into disrepair in recent years, though, with homeless people camping out on trash-strewn streets. Blue's shop was looking shabby too, its window displays outmoded, its linoleum worn. But when the City of Los Angeles moved to condemn his building--not to build a school or a fire station but to make way for a glitzy $500 million private hotel and condo complex--Blue dug in for what would become a three-year legal fight to save his store. "Big developers come along and say, 'Hey, that...