Word: moral
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...surface, of course, there is nothing openly racist about the movie. Part of the message is that both the Japanese and American cultures have something valuable to offer. While Douglas exemplifies American bravado, he lacks the moral fortitude of his counterparts in the Japanese police. Indeed, we later find out that Douglas used to steal money during drug busts in New York...
From an advertising and a moral standpoint, rack distribution is insufficient. This is not to say that racks are not a useful part of House furniture, but they are no substitute for door-dropping...
...they argue, is a sign of obsession, not maternal devotion. To ethicists and legal scholars, the case raises some troubling questions: Should there be time limits on a judge's right to jail a person for civil contempt? Does a parent, where suspicions of sexual abuse exist, have a moral right to defy the courts to protect a child...
...most part, I stopped smoking marijuana in the mid-1970s because I grew bored with ending too many social evenings lying on somebody's living- room rug, staring at the ceiling and saying, "Oh, wow!" This renunciation was not a wrenching moral decision, but rather an aesthetic rite of passage as my palate began to savor California Chardonnay with the avidity I once reserved for Acapulco Gold. Yet as an aging baby boomer, my attitudes remain emblematic of that high-times generation that once freely used soft drugs and still feels more nostalgic than repentant about the experience...
Many may scorn these confessions as evidence of immaturity, unreliability and even moral laxity. But we are all the product of our life experiences, and I, like so many of my peers, cannot entirely abandon this Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds heritage. Normally I only share these slightly outre sentiments with close friends. But such views have become a public issue with drug czar William Bennett's attacks on my generation's self-indulgence, coupled with George Bush's prime-time address to the nation on drugs. For in identifying those responsible for the cocaine crisis, the President pointedly...