Word: pureed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effective performance. He produced some graceful lines, including his defense of the nation's essential goodness. Said he: "Let us reject the narrow visions of those who tell us that we are evil because we are not yet perfect; that we are corrupt because we are not yet pure; that all the sweat and toil and sacrifice that have gone into the building of America were for naught because the building is not yet done...
...America are very weary of the cycle of wars that seems to infinitely go on, for causes no one believes in, causes not worth the deaths; and war has come to be seen as the pure expression of aggression or blindness or pride. Peace is there to be won, one must only want it and it will be within reach. Yet such an attitude, for all its moral validity, is naive in that it ignores the complex traps set by History for unsuspecting nations, out of which develop a tragedy of circumstance, of unavoidable war, whose victory is unobtainable...
Natural Sciences 26 touches upon science as it affects us now and will affect us even more in the future. These social matters are of concern to non-science concentrators also. Many myths in and about the world of "pure science" need to be debunked, though we must be careful not to reject science as a method for improving the quality of human existence. Science and human values can, indeed, work in symbiosis. Putting social responsibility in science is an immense reform and cannot be accomplished by mere administrative fiat at the professional level. We must start now by making...
...wonks or Jesus freaks. At concerts, the widespread occurrence of antisocial behavior, pseudo-radical disruption, and hostility toward performers seemed to reflect the pain of abandoning an essentially delusional relationship with popular music. The crash was an inevitable reaction, encouraged by many stars who combined a renewed emphasis on pure entertainment with a more frankly derivative approach...
...efforts to create the pluperfect detective, director Don Siegel leans the movie on a steep right-wing bias. Harry is more than a policeman, he is an avenging god. He has the strength and endurance of ten because his heart is pure law-and-order. Harry succeeds in tracking down the killer, only to see him slip away under the cloak of snivelling libertarianism. The district attorney, backed by an intellectual judge from Berkeley, informs Harry that the criminal's rights were violated. This inverted bit of deus ex machina gives Scorpio time to terrorize a busload of children...