Word: piousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...society. Ethnic differences, exacerbated by social inequalities, strain relations between the Ashkenazi Jews of Northern Europe and the Sephardi Jews of the Mediterranean and the Muslim world. Religious quarrels set observant Orthodox Jews against the secular values of less pious Israelis. Lawlessness in general has risen sharply in a nation unused to it, and a small but flourishing Israeli "Mafia" has become an embarrassing new entry in international organized crime. A restive younger generation has shown growing dissatisfaction with the lack of job opportunities, the disruptive effects of compulsory military service, housing shortages and the political process...
...satirically pious story tells how a soldier's breast-pocket Bible stopped the bullet en route to his heart. Ronald Reagan had no Bible in his jacket outside the Washington Hilton several weeks ago, but some of the world idly suspected that he may have been otherwise armored-that in some obscure way he may have been protected by his own remarkable luck...
CENSORS OBJECTED to Moliere's attack on religion when Moliere came out with Tartuffe. But Moliere claimed Tartuffe defended the church by pointing out the difference between the truly pious and pretenders. It is difficult for modern audience to feel at home with such a theme; hypocrisy is understandable, but religion no longer has much place in modern consciousness. All the same, Tartuffe was worth Moliere's struggle three centuries ago, and his villainy will probably wreak havoc for' a few more...
Against all pious attempts at deification, I maintain that Jesus was Son of God, and with all the consequences, was wholly and entirely...
Peter Firth plays Tess' pious husband and Leigh Lawson the sly rogue who seduces her. Under Polanski's direction, both characters are shallow and tiresome. Firth and Lawson, both competent actors, struggle to give compelling performances--but with Sarde's strings rising behind them as they utter lines like "Is there no hope for me? I'm dying for you my darling," they fight a losing battle...