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Word: righteous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...APPEARS that the English are unwilling to work for no pay. They subscribe to the wholly rational theory that future employers--if there are such a thing in these uncertain economic times--will look with righteous scorn upon such futile experience. Someone they feel who is either foolish or rich enough to work for nothing while still a penniless youth undoubtedly will still be both foolish and rich enough to do so later. Ergo, a distinct lack of natives chomping at the bit to join the lowly hordes of parliamentary researchers...

Author: By Ellen J. Harvey, | Title: The Sun Also Sets | 10/8/1987 | See Source »

Nevertheless, the incident shouldn't evoke self-righteous condemnation of Patterson. Passing judgement on him on the basis of this incident, no matter how reprehensible it was, is both premature and arrogant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Time to Judge Ourselves | 10/7/1987 | See Source »

Nothing in Biden's campaign became him like the leaving of it. Unlike Gary Hart four months earlier, he sounded wistful rather than self-righteous. Bidding farewell to supporters in Iowa on Thursday, he asserted, "Nobody did this to Joe Biden. There had to be something there . . . to stitch together." Addressing reporters directly, he added, "I think you all have treated me fairly. I have no rancor, no complaints...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Then There Were Six | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

...evil in the world and caused more than his share of it. With his round, ruddy face, Tighe always seems on the verge of derisive laughter or flash-fisted rage; it's enjoyable guessing which fever will surface first. The rest of the movie is less entertaining, a righteous homily without the grits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Life As A Bed of Coal MATEWAN | 9/14/1987 | See Source »

This week's guests include Mr. and Mrs. Righteous Proletariat, Ken (Daniel Luke Zelman) and Eileen (Heather Gunn), as well as Mr. M.B.A. and Mrs. Happiness-is-a-BMW, Ted (Peter Ocko) and Lou (Nicole Galland). With such contrasting types in one place, something is rotten in the camp of Erpingham...

Author: By Michael D. Shin, | Title: The Erpingham Camp | 8/14/1987 | See Source »

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