Word: decayed
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...S.A.O. last week continued to kill 10 to 20 Moslems daily and to shout their defiance of the French Army and De Gaulle. But Europeans over 40, mourning the loss of beloved friends and relatives in the bloodshed, watching the slow death of long-cherished businesses, and sensing the decay of human decency around them, could only say, "Il faut que cela finisse...
...direct result of Dr. Schwarz's meetings held here in Bridgeport and nearby cities, action groups have been organized and are at work attacking moral decay which, more than anything else, will set us up for a Communist takeover. Look for a more effective program for cracking down on drunken drivers. Expect a surge of public sentiment against lawyers who get fat on fees derived from freeing such criminals through tricky legal maneuvers. There are a great many people in this country who still believe in the Biblical concept of morality...
...city, as someone once said, is really a problem of human engineering. And the U.S. city is admittedly suffering from slow malaise. Its planners must cope with the problem of the decay of its center, the lure of suburbs, and study the housing needs of everyone from newly married couples to the aged who must live alone because their children's small homes or apartments have no room for them. As a group, planners are frustrated men: they know (or think they know) just what should be done; but they have a hard time getting anybody...
...salad -- to fling in the face of the diners. But not even in obscenity or nihilistic frenzy do we find a bit of solid ground. Obsence protests are continually undercut by a laugh, despair by a ray of happy contentedness; even the ferocious prophecies of the impending consummation of decay give off a strange feeling of hopeful...
...beneath it, one hears a tone of voice that is much too positive to ever lose itself in the squalor and pain it deals with. Miller would destroy modern culture, yes; but he is in control of the destruction, and not vice versa. The images of cancer, of decay, that run through the book convey the point very well. The world is falling apart, getting even worse than ever; but Miller's voice is almost exultant...