Word: rewardable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this day and age give the hypocrites a sense of superiority. But imagine the thousands of would-be whores who are put out of business by the churchgoing, housekeeping mothers who ask no compensation. This is America, where a court will sentence a whore to jail and reward an adulterous wife with all manner of "legal" compensation. The American wife-mother is still the greatest answer to prostitution and not punishment by courts. Whores unite! Marry. This will give you legal sanction. Husbands consider! How many families would live in luxury if the household account were increased $10 per minute...
...Viet Cong who distinguish themselves in combat, a military Liberation Medal, first, second or third class, is the reward. But in a people's army, officers may not bestow a decoration on a man unless his comrades in battle agree that he deserves it. More often, a good soldier is simply commended publicly, and perhaps given a title?"Determined to Win Soldier" or "Valiant Killer of Americans...
Chapter II. So it came to pass that the damsel with the violin was engaged by the lord to help manage his affairs. As a reward, he often took "Bambi," as he fondly called her, to concerts, sitting with her in the stalls while Marion pined in the box. In private, the lord's nights with Bambi grew bolder, and the day eventually came when she told him that she was bearing his child...
Points Against Prejudice. While Dr. Seuss's young readers laugh, they also learn the value of patience from Horton, who sits on a bird's egg in a tree for eleven trying months, gets his reward when he hatches an elephant-bird. Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose is a model of kindness who lets animals ride on his horns because "a host, above all, must be nice to his guests." Geisel wrote about "star-bellied Sneetches," who thought they were better than "plain-bellied Sneetches," to score points against prejudice. He does not mind being called "the greatest...
Even before the rioting began, an economy-minded Congress, contending with Viet Nam war costs, huge tax loads and Great Society programs, was rejecting or drastically trimming practically every new proposal aimed at upgrading urban life. Now, determined not to reward violence, it may well give top priority to law-and-order measures aimed at curbing riots and turn sharply unsympathetic toward new social legislation. But both kinds are essential, of course...