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...Then pale and worn, he kept his deck...

Author: By Lawrence S. Dicara, | Title: Sail On! Sail On! Sail On and On! | 3/5/1970 | See Source »

...plot continues to expand. It reveals more and more faults in American society, but within the conceptions of its time, 1936. This dated viewpoint becomes obvious when the townspeople are brought to trial, and the judge trying to pursue orderly justice is opposed to the bigots in the deck. A man in the audience gets up to support the defendants and denounce the trial: "This is a crying shame against the good name of our town . . ." The judge calls him to the bench and sentences him to ten days for contempt of court. "I protest this injustice!" Thirty days...

Author: By Mike Prokosoll, | Title: The Moviegoer Fury tonight at 9:30. 2 Divinity Avenue | 2/25/1970 | See Source »

Nonchalantly, Dave pulled out a deck of cards to interest people in a game of hearts. The idea was quite popular. People were eager to relieve the boredom and get their minds off the cold. I got a few curious glances when I innocently announced that we needed some more decks to accommodate all of the eager participants...

Author: By Helen Weller, | Title: Vacation Entertainment: The Chicago Trial | 2/3/1970 | See Source »

...work ethic; American affluence seems infinitely expandable, all right, but prices expand just as rapidly, or more so. Last year, despite his wage increases, the average American worker barely broke even in actual buying power. Inflation has a profound psychological as well as material importance, for it stacks the deck against the old American gamble. The nation has always bet?with extraordinary diligence, skill and luck ?that the promise of opportunity could be redeemed, that the nation's natural fertility would justify the values of hard work and individualism. Now many of the Middle Americans, who have banked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man and Woman of the Year: The Middle Americans | 1/5/1970 | See Source »

...direction. The prevalent eroticism in the arts, sexual permissiveness, the drug culture, the rise in crime and other violence, the increase in petty dishonesty ?all point to the erosion of the churches' moral authority. With gallows humor, a Catholic priest dismisses reforms like lay parish councils as "shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW MINISTRY: BRINGING GOD BACK TO LIFE | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

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