Word: righteouseness
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...partly produced by the political system itself. For instance, both parties have carved congressional districts that have solid majorities of Republicans or Democrats, which means fewer lawmakers have to compromise to keep folks happy at the coffee shop back home. Special-interest money supports only the most righteous candidates, overpowering the old party structure in which being a purist on issues like gun control or fiscal spending mattered less than putting a D or an R after your name in the Congressional Directory...
...many of the good friends I have made here, I found the student body as a whole to be something of a mixed-bag. Many of the people you encounter here are outrageously self-involved and, if you’ll pardon the melodramatic hypocrisy, unbearably humorless and self-righteous...
...really angry about the status quo and how Mephistopheles used cultural norms to screw over Gretchen, so I channeled my embarrassment into righteous indignation,” van Cleef said...
DIED. BOBBY HATFIELD, 63, the tenor half of the "blue-eyed soul" duo the Righteous Brothers; of undetermined causes; in Kalamazoo, Mich., shortly before a scheduled performance at Western Michigan University. Born Robert Lee Hatfield, he (below, right) and Righteous Brothers partner Bill Medley, singing bass, helped transform white pop by bringing an emotional freedom to their music that was previously the province of African-American singers. The pair's breakout hit, You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', topped the charts in 1965 and went on to become one of the most popular songs in radio history...
...claims she's not used to air-conditioning. She has just enough Thai to order a dish she knows won't be on the hotel menu, and when her mother idly wonders at the notion of eating noodles for breakfast, Mandy shoots her a smile both pitying and self-righteous...