Word: preach
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...this presidential election year begins, we are hearing once again from those who preach the dangerous gospel of protection and isolation," Christopher said. "As President Clinton said at the beginning of his administration, 'we must compete, not retreat...
...moral leader around the globe, it is imperative that Harvard act in a unifying manner, not just preach it. After all, these same alumni are Americans who have millions of post-Civil War era descendants that have led or lead noble lives helping others. Harvard should embrace the future and not allow the long gone past, or those who still live in it, to hold back progress...
...Sally Jessy Raphael variety--are in a whole different category from drugs and gangsta rap. As anyone who actually watches them knows, the talk shows are one of the most excruciatingly moralistic forums the culture has to offer. Disturbing and sometimes disgusting, yes, but their very business is to preach the middle-class virtues of responsibility, reason and self-control...
...tendency is to sequester oneself as a Christian," said Choi. "[Rathe, than] stand on a pulpit and preach, we decided to serve the community...
...girlfriend reads him a letter from home. "Your father is dead," she reports. "To hell with him," says he. Just then his mother's portrait falls off the wall to the floor. His shallow rebellion vanishes at this omen. He sinks to his knees, repents and returns home to preach hellfire to amazed and grateful peasants. If Dreams is regarded not as a novel but as a marvelous trunkful of loosely related funny bits like this one, it is a great success...