Word: moralisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...what now, gang? Another "fine effort" tonight against Princeton? A string of moral victories to finish out the season in superficial fashion? Freshman star Joe Beaulieu says "We'll be much stronger up front next season." Hopefully, the new blood will bring new pride and a limousine ride out of the summer camp league...
...IDEALISM'S decay has touched Torrijo. He has power, and to Greene that alone amounts to a loss of moral legitimacy. He never lashes into the General directly, as he follows him on one of his visits to the countryside. But the implication is there, all the more hard-hitting for Greene's matter-of-fact style...
...commitment to Israel is often evaluated in terms of morality and an ideological commitment to the Israelis. In truth, it is a rare coincidence of moral and strategic principles," Churba said...
...Considered Remarks. The Administration also faces the tactical problem of translating its campaign goal of a more "moral" foreign policy into practice. A week earlier, the State Department had harshly condemned Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union for their treatment of dissidents-a type of public criticism that Kissinger resisted because he felt it would not produce the desired result-and could damage detente as well. Last week the Soviets arrested a prominent dissident and expelled an American correspondent. Would the State Department maintain a sort of running commentary on such incidents as they occurred? Vance tried to blunt the issue...
...State Department's warning to the Soviet Union cautioned against carrying out an official threat to prosecute Andrei Sakharov, the dissident leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Although Cyrus Vance and Jimmy Carter both waffled somewhat on the exact wording of their commitment to take a moral stand in foreign policy, both had ultimately backed State's critique of the Soviets' behavior. In his fireside chat last week, Carter repeated his concern for human rights, stressing, though, that this would not be allowed to upset "our efforts toward friendly relations with other countries...