Word: offending
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Organized under the leadership of Most Rev. John Timothy McNicholas, Archbishop of Cincinnati, the Legion of Decency binds pledge-signers to "remain away from all motion pictures except those which do not offend decency and Christian morality." The Legion of Decency charges no dues, hence differs from Mrs. August Belmont's Motion Picture Research Council with which it is in full sympathy. Aiming at enlisting at least half the U. S. Catholic population of 20,000,000 as well as all Protestants and Jews who care to sign, the Legion last week claimed 2,000,000 members. In Saratoga...
...picked crew of young cadets. Even her name KNM (Kim} was chosen for pronunciation by non-Russian tongues. Aside from the motto "Ahead To World's Revolution" inscribed in the crew's game room (equipped with piano and radio) she took every precaution not to offend U. S. sensibilities. Her crew was forbidden to get drunk ashore, and they kicked down the gangplank a loud-mouthed U. S. Red who tried to turn their polite arrival into a noisy Red rally...
...foreigners accused in their countries of crimes not of a political or military nature. A cablegram was delivered from Greek Foreign Minister Maximos protesting the detention of the Maiotis. Turkish Foreign Minister Tewfik Bey and confrères considered: Should they oblige the U. S. or should they offend Greece? It was not a difficult question. None of them minded a bit giving a diplomatic kick to those dogs of Greece...
...News defiantly printed the names of ticket holders in a lottery on the Manchester Handicap. Nervously the Times and Herald Tribune followed suit in editions which did not pass through the post office. For the next two years papers that carried stories about lottery winners were careful not to offend the scruples of Postmaster Brown by omitting them in mail editions. Democratic Postmaster General Farley, unlike his predecessor, has a sporting background. He likes sporting people, goes to races and fights. For nearly ten years he ran the New York State Boxing Commission. Last fortnight Postmaster General Farley took steps...
...Bermuda samples of Australian wines were stacked ready to be rushed to Manhattan. There are no Australian vintage years because, Australians eagerly explain, "the weather is so perfect that every year is the same." Anxious not to offend the King's subjects down under, the Encyclopædia Britannica puts Australian wines in their place with a maximum of tact: "The plentiful supply of cheap grape brandy makes it possible for Australia to send to England ever increasingly large quantities of fortified wines [i. e. dosed with brandy], wines which being rich in natural grape sweetness...