Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...publishers understandably tend to save their richest and most expensive books for the Christmas season. Color reproduction improves yearly, and there are few places any more where the roving camera is denied entrance. The result is an avalanche of big books, bedazzling to the eye and bewildering to the judgment of the hurried shopper. Herewith a guide to the best among them...
...Remarkable Invention. In 1956, New York's Francis Cardinal Spellman condemned both the prurience and lechery in Baby Doll-a judgment delivered in the exercise of a right, but nonetheless one widely criticized as employing a pulpit so powerful that the denunciation amounted to censorship. But a change of climate was taking place, and in 1957 Pope Pius XIIs encyclical Miranda Prorsus (The Remarkable Inventions) suggested that Catholics should be more concerned about encouraging good movies than condemning bad ones...
...Legion is the only organization of consequence in the U.S. that makes an effective judgment of what is morally in or out of bounds. Legion officials note that many Protestants follow its ratings, which are carried by some secular newspapers, and that Hollywood producers will grudgingly excise scenes or dialogue in films for the sake of a better rating. Next step in the Legion's metamorphosis is a change in its name to the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures, which will suggest less the naysayer than the subtle critic that puts an intelligent finger on what...
Cohen admitted that his bill would preface a difficult fight in the legislature. He based his judgment on the degrse of opposition raised this year to one of his bills which added an education requirement to employment qualifications in the welfare department...
...same day): In the historic libel decision of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the Supreme Court overturned a judgment against Shuttlesworth and other civil rights leaders for running an ad in the Times that criticized Birmingham public officials...