Word: righteouseness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effective prosecutors in the nation. A short, intense man with sad, hound-dog eyes, he acts as the executive officer directly under the elected district attorney, Arlen Specter. Specter sets the guidelines and runs the politics. Sprague gets the convictions-from murder to petty bribery. "He is seething with righteous indignation," says one judge who has handled Sprague's cases. "Some men are like a tiger. Dick Sprague is like a whole cage full of tigers-leashed and caged, thank God. But you can feel the power that's there...
...effectively restricts the ability of the press to expose, investigate and analyze. Indeed, the Supreme Court's decision must come as welcome relief to shysters who know the chances are 50-50 they can buy off the police, but who become queasy under the curious eye of a self-righteous, snooping reporter...
...prosperous plantation owner who lived with his intensely pious wife on the Georgia coast south of Savannah. Though aging and in fragile health, he was still noted as a Christian missionary to the Negro slaves. His son Charles was at Harvard, studying law and observing with righteous outrage the schemings of abolitionists and other anarchists. His other son, Joseph, was in Philadelphia studying medicine. Jones' brothers, sisters, cousins, and their swarming children, lived on other coastal plantations or in Marietta and Savannah. They were loyal, often loving. They bustled with industry, yet had spacious leisure. They had, of course...
...question to be asked is why Dylan was once followed with such dire interest. Why did his only mildly unconventional dress and hairstyle seem such a threat to some and such an inspiration to many? How could Irwin Silber of Sing Out! write a self-righteous and uncomprehending "Open Letter to Bob Dylan" in 1964 under the guise of friendship and concern? Why was Dylan's experiment in folk-rock viewed as unspeakably treasonous? (A comparison between the lovely acoustic version of "Sounds of Silence" on Simon and Garfunkel's first album with the far more intensely haunting folk-rock...
...hear him. He wades into the throngs, smiling confidently, patting a shoulder, pausing now and then for a "Hi, how are you?" On the podium, however, the smile is replaced by a seriousness that transforms him into a political preacher of fire and brimstone crusading for a righteous cause. Like an Old Testament prophet, McGovern talks of good and evil, light and darkness; his tough speeches are sprinkled with biblical quotations. He always gets loud applause from the audiences that seem to follow him everywhere...