Word: humanism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Private lives should be private-for the private citizen [Nov. 12]. But we have a right to know the moral character as well as the political leanings of candidates. They are obviously not as apple pie as they seem to be, but they are human. Let us know the facts and decide for ourselves whether or not the sin is significant. Dianne L. Elliott St. Louis...
...PLACE IS AT THE EDGE. An hour after showtime, it is packed with more bodies and the mirror behind the bar is steamed with human heat. The little black box is itself pumping when the lead guitarist breaks his Sex Pistols cover and chants with his bass player, DESTROY-DESTROY-DESTROY and he disappears behind the drummer, who keeps a steady, low roll. The singer emerges from the other side of the drums wearing an Iranian flag shirt and American flag pants. There are 50 safety pins mending the rips in his shirt. They do a song called "Take...
Like his father, Jeff believes in capitalism, and he feels his most important task is improving his life without stepping on people--just trying to be a decent human being. "We don't," he says, "push high-priced stuff that people can't afford...
...Long wields total power in the United States Senate. For over two decades, this Democrat of the Bourbon South has controlled the Senate Finance Committee like his own fiefdom. He thus personally approves every piece of legislation which touches what Harry Truman called, "the most sensitive nerve in the human body--the pocketbook nerve." Without a doubt, Long's VAT proposal will pinch the money nerves of all Americans...
Respect for human rights is a concern which the entire world must share, for the mutual improvement of respect among nations. A situation has now arisen in the relations between the governments of Iran and the United States of America, in which both parties protest that their rights have been flagrantly violated. The one cites the right of immunity for its diplomats abroad' the other its rights to try an exiled tyrant. To clarify this situation, we believe it of crucial importance to refer to history...