Word: evil
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...TIME'S Man of the Year is in no sense an award for merit or heroism. It is an attempt to pick the man whose accomplishments, good or evil, have been most outstanding...
...thesis, briefly stated, is that American progressives have developed from an idealistic belief that the faults of the world are in the nature of man, that his nature is perfectible, and that progress and reaction may be equated with good and evil, to a pragmatic point of view which sees progress in material terms, and leaves moral regeneration to the churches. Kemler acclaims this development, and illustrates by an historical account of progressivism that efficiency and high-mindedness seem to vary inversely, and that honest effort too often evaporates into moralizing mouthings...
...people, going to a Symphony concert is a plain and simple evil, and not even a necessary one--like sending birthday presents to great-aunts. But more than a few Harvard jitter-bugs and Totem Pole devotees have echoed the words of one Freshman who, on returning home after his first year at college, was asked what he'd grained culturally during the year...
LaGuardia (from a Baptist church): "Pray for forgiveness of those evil men with hatred in their hearts who, with strong words on their tongues, hurling invective and vituperation, create racial hatred because they are so desperate. Pray for them-they need it. Let us be serene, kindly and forgiving-for they know not what they do." (Night before, at a rally): "Whoever says [I have an interest in a bus line] is a dirty contemptible liar and a yellow cowardly...
...EVIL UNDER THE SUN - Agatha Christie-Dodd, Mead ($2). Hercule Poirot's little grey cells function on the implausibly executed but beautifully elucidated murder of a blonde siren at a British summer resort. Not Christie's best, but better than most...