Word: morale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Niebuhr will discuss whether the war was caused by a decay of our western state system or whether it is indicative of a degeneration of our whole western set of religious, othical, and moral values. He will also bring in the related forces at work beneath the surface of power politics...
...those who have pledged or who wish to contribute to the drive and have not yet been contacted should mail their donations to Phillips Brooks House," Richardson said, as he stressed that there existed a moral although not a legal obligation for pledges signed at registration...
Provocative, unusual, but often unsatisfying, The Skin of Our Teeth dolls up its theme rather than dramatizes it. The fourth dimension somehow stays apart from the other three. Hocus-pocus and moral never quite blend. But the hocus-pocus-with superbly vivacious Actress Bankhead handing most of it out-is often extremely funny. "I hate this play," she suddenly confides. "That's the worst line I've ever had to say on any stage," she complains wearily; but she never spoke one better...
...talks are in keeping with the Harlow personality, however. Although he does prefer scoreboard triumphs to the moral victories his boys were piling up earlier this season, the spirit of his teams does mean almost as much to him as the final score. Harlow likes to win and he likes to fight, and he likes his football players to be the same. Judging from the newspaper comments of the '42 eleven, he has succeeded in this respect. And also judging from newspaper men, he is a tremendous coach as well as fine fellow. To quote the assistant again...
...Perfect men who know all the answers would have the right and duty to rule absolutely. The men who believe they know all the answers in this age are the "rational liberals." Their sense of their absolute right to put these answers into effect at all cost is the moral basis of totalitarianism, the pitfall of modern planners and reformers...