Word: moral
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Department actually bossed by Franklin Roosevelt. Between Roosevelt and him there was never an "unfriendly word," although "a few emphatic differences rose between us which we thrashed out bluntly but in a friendly spirit." Hull had to make his own decisions "in the majority of cases." He recommended the moral embargo against Italy during the Ethiopian war. He worked out the details with the British on the overage destroyer deal...
...Allies have had our sympathy and moral support for the last two years, but the righteous opportunity has come for us to change our attitude. From now on every element of strength should be concentrated on the task of suppressing a military power that has long lost regard for the most fundamental and human rights of other peoples. Sacrifices . . . must be made readily and joyfully . . ." (April...
...moral wrong comes in here, and it applies only as long as only a minority consults Mr. Cramer, because the assumption is that you earned a college degree by work and study and thought, occasioned by personal interest. It is a fraud, I think, to parade a degree under conditions other than those--just as wrong as it is to present an engineering project under your name if it was drawn up by Mr. Cramer. And it is socially wrong in that Mr. Cramer's hobby emphasizes the fact than the acquisition, of a degree (i.e. and education) is auditioned...
McCarthy grumpily conceded that Ginsberg had a legal right to commit what McCarthy considered a moral wrong, but added: "I hope men like Ginsberg will be forced out of business...
...Tender Years (20th Century-Fox) is a tearjerker about a mid-19th Century dog. The dog has to fight professionally to earn his master's keep, although he would prefer to live peacefully with a little boy. The picture attains a focus of unusual moral and dramatic interest when a minister (Joe E. Brown) steals the dog and faces trial and jail rather than return him. But everything is comfortably fixed up before this conflict between legality and sentiment can seriously excite or embarrass the audience. Except for some ugly moments around the dog pit, and the irreducibly likable...