Word: morale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this sorrowful chorus, he joins authors Bill Bennett, who deplores the "Death of Outrage," and columnist Cal Thomas, a moral-majority veteran whose new book argues that after 20 years, it is time for evangelicals to get out of politics, go back to the churches and change hearts one at a time, in the belief that the culture will someday follow...
...virgins as role models. We are more charitable and churchgoing than we were in the hallowed 1950s. Yes, there is sewage in the culture, but Bennett's books are best sellers too. A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll in February found that a majority of Americans are more concerned with moral problems than economic ones. When the most poll-driven, market- sensitive President in history rose to make his case for war last week, he did not invoke the need to protect the Dow or stabilize the global economy, he invoked a moral duty, because he goes after people where they live...
...problem with this doctrine, for all the ringing moral satisfaction it gives, is that it is impossibly moralistic and universal. It cannot be the policy of the U.S. Even as the Clinton people say it, they cannot believe it. Why? Because they remember Krajina...
...RESONANT PHRASE] Ending this tragedy is a moral imperative...
...tally was 118 pages, vs. 165 for DreamWorks.) Katzenberg alleged a miscount. But in Hollywood a suit will often defer to a star, especially when so paltry a sum is concerned. Katzenberg paid up. When Beatty told Miramax's HARVEY WEINSTEIN about Katzenberg's concession, Weinstein proclaimed a dubious moral victory...