Word: evil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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POLITICS. This, everyone agrees, is the fundamental reason for the pullout. The Soviet leaders, beset by economic troubles at home, unable to prevent the deployment of U.S. nuclear missiles in Western Europe and still burning over Reagan's characterization of them as "the focus of evil in the modern world," are in an angry and frustrated mood. They will do nothing even passively that might conceivably boost Reagan's standing, but on the contrary will seize every opportunity to embarrass him in an election year...
...weapons, on which good people will disagree. Apartheid--to members of this University--is not such an issue. It is unique. Virtually all regard it as an offense against moral truth. Our response to apartheid therefore does not set a precedent. It seems to us unlikely that any other evil in the world could at present rally such uniquely universal abhorrence with in the University or require such a unique response...
Currently, one of the most popular television shows among the grade school set is improbably a cartoon adventure series rather heavy-handidly depicting the battle between good and evil. At the end of each episode He-Man turns to the camera and says. "Today's lesson, kids, is that no matter how bad they are, everyone deserves a second chance," or whatever. The Cleavers never had to be so blatant--their familiar daily dramas spoke for themselves. John R. Boughman
...beautiful even the orchestra is beautiful." Indeed, this sarcasm unveils one of the major themes of Cabaret--ugliness, the ugliness of Nazism. In the production, we are shown how those with a direct view of the movement could be blinded to for could wish a ignore) the growing stength, evil and danger of Hitler and his followers...
Perhaps the most tragic version of the "See no evil, hear no evil" syndrome is the self-applied one. People are not only adept at disbelieving others' horror stories: they are equally good at repressing memories of indignities and damage inflicted upon themselves, even when they are painfully cognizant of the injustice involved...