Word: moralisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plan precariously balancing the free market against new government controls to raise prices on gas and oil and encourage increases in domestic production. A major part of his program was defeated in Congress after 18 months of struggle. The failure to lead the crusade he so misguidedly dubbed the "moral equivalent of war" remains both an embarrassment to Carter and a source of potentially severe economic problems...
...capable because we are not imaginative enough to make such a film." At Holocaust's conclusion, most West Germans agreed that the broadcast had been a public service. Though a few mistakes may exist," said Schmidt, "the film is correct; it compels one to critical and moral reflection...
Other public interest lawyers are not so pleased; one calls Morgan a "moral Houdini." In addition to representing Sears, Morgan is paid a retainer by the Tobacco Institute to argue "smokers' rights." Protests Mark Green, director of Congress Watch, a Nader consumer lobby: "Morgan is using civil liberties as a smokescreen for corporate interests. It's really a bizarre evolution for a public interest lawyer...
...text and given it a high-spirited once-over. Director Bill Cain, like the Duke in the play, sets up his machinery and watches it work--and he's more successful than the Duke ever can be. But he lets the audience fend for itself in the play's moral wilderness, relying on energy and competence rather than a consistent interpretation to pull them through. To be fair, any attempt at consistency in Measure for Measure would end up forcing parts of the play out of shape; but if directors never even tried, the play might just as well...
...they won't have to persuade North House, because that House committee last month issued a statement criticizing the ACSR for "not performing its function of discussing the moral and social consequences of Harvard's investment policies...