Word: moralize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...actors go bigger, so does the film; it's the most delirious major-studio melodrama since Natural Born Killers. But it's also dead serious--because Woo has restored moral gravity to acts of violence. This isn't just a thrill ride; it's a rocket into the thrilling past, when directors could scare you with how much emotion they packed into a movie...
...bishops lost moral high ground, however, when they tossed in the Dumpster the best chance to restrict late-term abortions since abortion was made legal. An astonishing thing happened during the debate over a bill to ban partial-birth abortions, which has no chance of actually becoming law, and wouldn't result in even one less abortion even if it did. Alarmed to learn of the many third-trimester abortions performed after six months, under milewide exceptions for vague reasons of mental health, Democratic Senator Thomas Daschle introduced a bill that would have banned all abortions in which the baby...
...some beaded curtain that keeps us from truly appreciating what we have. As recently as two years ago, the New York Times Magazine trumpeted the death of sports--games called on account of greed, stupidity and arrogance. "Sports are over," wrote Robert Lipsyte, "because they no longer have any moral resonance." What resonates from Jordan's performance in Game 5 was his utter refusal to quit, his willingness to let the team climb onto his weakened shoulders, his jumper over sickness and exhaustion. We sometimes chide Jordan for not being a better role model, for not speaking out on issues...
...hearts go out to her. Lieut. Flinn's behavior was not only shameful but, since she was a military officer, less than honorable as well. Marc was brought up to know right from wrong, and as parents we feel responsible for the loss of the moral compass he once had. It is our fervent hope he regains it, and we believe he will. PAUL ZIGO Neptune...
...China and other developing countries. "It's just smoke, so they can dodge responsibility for rejecting the treaty by saying 'Everyone else has to go along,' notes Thompson. "But when you're responsible for one-fourth of the world's pollution, a lot of people feel there's some moral responsibility...