Word: ethical
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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South Alabama's tenacious defense and great work ethic means it is just the kind of team the free-wheelin' Wildcats will dread running into in the first round...
...Price Club embodies much that is unique about the United States: the search for value that represents our inherited Puritan ethic coupled with the perennial desire to rise to the top and live the best life that we can. Translated into late twentieth century talk, that means buying fancy stuff on sale. Enter Price Club. In the cavernous, cement-floored Club, one can find all manner of goods known to humanity. Here, one buys in bulk; you can't get a box of tissues, but you can get 12 tissue boxes for the price of 8. If you have...
Places like Price Club and Tuesday Morning allow them to do just that--to buy what they can't afford at prices they can. This preserves the prestige factor while simultaneously protecting the pocketbook of America's most appearance-conscious class. What an odd heir to the Protestant Ethic...
...commensurably lethal. Although the sponsors of Condom Week cushioned their message in fluorescent-colored poster paper and humorous ditties, the essence of their project was to spread the word that sex, despite the casual tone, is far from casual. At the most literal level, the promulgators of the condom ethic are telling Harvard students to slow down, for at least the time it takes to put on a condom. At a more general level, the conviction that is driving Condom Week is essentially a conservative one: if you are having sex, the message rings, be cautious...
...mention the three different editions of Max Weber's The Protestant Work Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism, available at three different inflated prices throughout the store, the most expensive of which was required for my tutorial...