Word: righteous
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...company blew the chance to capitalize on the show's greatest asset. They finish the disrobing number three minutes after the curtain rises, lining the cast up in full nudity under cool white lights Supposedly, this was not faulty planning, buy rather a means to achieve the righteous social and artistic ends the show aims for. There they stand, stark naked, and we're supposed to say, "This is it, now let's get on with the show...
...Chappaquiddick incident, he was summoned to help draft the statement that tried to exonerate Ted Kennedy. Would Sorensen put family above national loyalty? Finally, there were nagging questions about his personality. He is intelligent, disciplined and principled, but he tends to be aloof, arrogant and occasionally self-righteous. Many Senators who generally share his political views simply do not like...
...Sanders, among other officials, was indifferent to Carter's righteous demands, thus fanning his suspicion of the "vested interests." After Carter won his case in court, John Pope?one of his biggest supporters in the fight?tried to get his help to land some state insurance business. Pope recalls, "Jimmy told me in the politest possible way to get lost." Carter helped send Boss Hurst to jail on a moonshining charge, and settling another personal score, defeated Sanders for the governorship in 1970 after a particularly bitter campaign...
Carter seems to have forgotten Viet Nam and Watergate already. Were these right and decent? Wouldn't it be great if leaders of all nations would get together and decide which country should assume world leadership, based on its decency and righteous intents? I feel Mr. Carter's visions are getting too far ahead of reality...
...OPEC nations in the event of another oil embargo sounds fine on the surface, but it ignores the unfortunate fact that we need their oil more than they need our goods. Governor Carter's stand precludes negotiation or compromise, and exemplifies the rigidity that self-righteous morality can give to foreign (or domestic) matters. In his attempt to show strong moral leadership and support for Israel, Governor Carter has bitten the lands that fuel...