Word: moralize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Janet Hatfield Legro at the Board's meeting in May, we hope its members are inspired by three things: First, the non-discrimination policy of the University as it applies to sexual orientation; this policy must be applied to all Harvard institutions. Second, it should keep in mind the moral character of the student protest in favor of gay ceremonies. Students advocating the introduction of such ceremonies do so out of a sense of fairness, not simply self-interest...
...until Deng's passing, Jiang & Co. had been able to wrap themselves in the mantle of the great man's authority. Now Jiang must cement his own claim to it, and many wonder if he has the strength and charisma to sustain a cohesive leadership or the moral and political pre-eminence to dominate his rivals and his country. He has shown growing self-confidence and has managed to consolidate his base more successfully than anticipated; he is unlikely to be challenged right away as party or national boss...
Star Wars is simply William Bennett's Book of Virtues set in "a galaxy far, far away." Both are incredibly successful because our chaotic cosmos longs for the moral "force" of courage, loyalty, discipline, justice, love and faith. May those forces be with us all! JAMES WATKINS LaOtto, Indiana...
...moment of fleeting pity escalates into a moment of fleeting concern. Americans they may be, we comfort ourselves, but they probably work in some forsaken Pennsylvania factory and wear shirts with their names embroidered in cursive above the breast pocket. But the defense mechanisms that protect us from the moral tentacles of empathy are foiled yet again. The men and women being axed are not blue collar. Actually, they're wearing white shirts and ties and might even have a cellular phone tucked in the glovebox of their Ford Taurus. They might as well...
...answer is the person who chooses to," Bernstein said. "If you don't choose to, there's no moral obligation...