Word: morale
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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...
...Mexico, Poland, Ireland and the U.S. Security was tight during his three days in Turkey. A courtesy call on Premier Süleyman Demirel in Ankara stirred virulent press attacks on the papacy. The Pope mildly urged Turkey's oppressed Christian minority to esteem Islam for its shared moral and religious values. Dimitrios, in a pointed reference to events in Iran, deplored the "tragedy" of rising "religious fanaticism" and the "self-destruction of men and their faith, always in the name of God." In Istanbul, John Paul made brief tourist stops at Topkapi Palace and the ancient basilica...
...impair the credibility of Christ himself and hinder the spread of the Gospel. He has also insisted that Christians must act together, not merely striving for doctrinal harmony but bearing joint witness in defense of human rights, the pursuit of social justice and peace, and on questions of public morality. "The moral life and the life of faith," he has said, "are deeply united." Concluded Patriarch Dimitrios, after the historic embrace: "The meeting today is destined for the tomorrow...
...weary of it all, and restless, Ruth is given to brisk interior monologues, like "Help!" or "Watch it Tallulah!" Stoppard has given her a tasty collation of epigrams, and her delivery is succulent. Of her one-night London stand with Wagner, she notes that "hotel rooms constitute a separate moral universe." She develops a sensual fantasy crush on Milne and is heart-wrenchingly crushed when he is killed. Seductively comic, and amusingly seductive, Smith must challenge the aggressive charmlessness of Broadway's ANTA Theater, a house to which she rightly objected. Playing the ANTA stage is like pitching...
...Daughter, By Nadine Gordimer (Viking, $10.95): An elevating exploration of social commitment and the demands it places on a woman whose father has no doubts about his commitments in South Africa. She obviously has her doubts, and Gordimer portrays in heroic dimensions her attempts to carve out her own moral vision against the background of her father's consuming convictions. Gordimer's sensitive observations on South Africa's racial conflicts make for wrenching reading...