Word: moralizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Moral Responsibility. Moreover, the Panamanians insist that no matter what happens with the new canal, the U.S. has a "moral and legal responsibility" to continue operating the old canal. Said one perplexed U.S. official: "First they make an issue over the U.S. not having 'sovereignty in perpetuity' over the canal. Then, after all the talk of getting rid of us, they say that we are morally obligated to remain in Panama under the 'perpetuity' clause to keep the canal going as a business operation for the Panamanians. Now that is an absurd contradiction...
...Reimer, 52, the Times will reject all copy or pictures dealing with "burlesque, bust measurements, couples in bed, excessive cleavage, horizontal embrace, nude figures or silhouettes, nymphomania, promotional use of the word 'sin,' vulgar anatomical displays." Lest that list missed anything, Reimer also embargoed "violations of normal moral standards...
Reader complaints about movie ads were a principal reason for the Times's purer code. "We are convinced that moral and social values have not decayed as frequently portrayed," Reimer told advertisers, "and we trust that together we can find a better standard of values in the area of 'good taste...
...person of The Ginger Man, Sebastian Dangerfield, Donleavy in 1958 created one of the most outrageous scoundrels in contemporary fiction, a whoring, boozing young wastrel who sponges off his friends and beats his wife and girl friends. Author Donleavy then turns the moral universe on its head by making the reader love Dangerfield for his killer instinct, flamboyant charm, wit, flashing generosity-and above all for his wild, fierce, two-handed grab for every precious second of life. "More," "Now" and "Eeeeee!" are Dangerfield's key words...
...present, the play concerns emotional paralysis, moral commitment, intellectuality, and connected problems of an academic family. There is a great deal of peripheral wit. The cast got some good laughs out of it, but necessarily couldn't make much emotional capital...