Word: explicitness
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...when one considers action on any ethical issue that the large implications for society are wieghed into the balance. The cohesiveness and ultimate success of any group greatly depends on the extent that people voluntarily act to bolster the commonwealth. In that sense I agree with the author that explicit laws on abortion are degrading and unfortunate. Yet I feel that however unpalatable are laws that attempt to regulate personal decisions--and they are an affront--I do feel that we must somehow remind or edify the public that abortion has significance that transcends that of a simple "medical procedure...
Even more explicit was Lawyer Tran Van Tuyen, leader of the 27-man opposition bloc in the lower house, which is also dominated by Thieu favorites. "There have always been charges of corruption," said Tuyen, "but the open charges [of the priests] were just the last drop of water that makes the full glass overflow. President Thieu just has to make an answer...
...affirmative aspect of Shaw's message tends to get lost when the play is staged, that can hardly be blamed on the production. Shaw has left his conclusion deliberately ambiguous--to the audience--and nothing short of a reading of the stage directions will serve to make it explicit. But, considering that the play seems meant to be read rather than staged, the Shaw Festival has done an excellent job with Too True To Be Good. The quality of the acting is almost uniformly excellent, the sets and costumes opulent and appropriately dream-like, and the play as a whole...
...Explicit Suggestion. The Butte, Mont., high school marching band was on hand to honor Knievel, a native son. The pretty drum majorettes were immediately harassed by shirtless bikers, one of whom grabbed a majorette's breasts and explicitly suggested further contact. The girl retained her fixed plastic smile, but her eyes bulged in terror. "Lord, get that band moving!" a security officer shouted, and the band marched into the fenced enclosure tootling "Off we go into the wild blue yonder...
...responsible for deciding what is obscene-the company, the individual user, or some third party like a committee. In New York, where a state law prohibiting any censorship of public access further muddies the obscenity issue, a program called The Underground Tonight Show recently showed a startlingly explicit tape of a "female-masturbation therapy class." One of New York City's cable companies carried it, preceding it with a disclaimer explaining the legal muddle. The other simply cut five minutes from the eight-minute tape. Both companies may have acted illegally. Another weekly New York show, produced by Anton...