Word: righteousness
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...strangely enough, does Jerry's Adam appear very much more attractive. Rather he appears an extremely self-righteous innocent who believes that he can follow his heart and escape from his former life with Ruth unscathed. His litany to her is cowardly and irresponsible--don't hate me, he whines, be happy for me, don't make it difficult for me. His egocentricity gnaws at us, the egocentricity of a man attempting to retain his innocence while all those around him are losing theirs...
...striving for greater fortitude, is indeed apt, and Hoffman has found a role which, with its moments of humor and of pathos, affords him an opportunity to turn in a performance strikingly reminiscent, in its portrayal of a character confused and bewildered, yet ultimately driven and determined in self-righteous fury, of the Dustin Hoffman of The Graduate...
...criticized the test that Howe's lawyer presented, saying that it was unreliable, an old technique that was not as good as the one Raskin himself had used. But many people who watched Howe at the press conference believed that Howe now had worked himself into such a self-righteous fury that he probably thought he really was innocent...
...biggest problem facing Allan Howe is not campaign dirt, but his own behavior. Coupled with a propensity for five o'clock shadow, Howe's actions and self-righteous smugness raise the specter of a former president. Echoing the thoughts of many Utahns, Salt Lake City resident Nick Carling wrote a letter to The Salt Lake Tribune: "Richard M. Nixon is alive and well, living in the state of Utah and running around disguised as Allan T. Howe...
Free to think of itself in a different light, the South has replaced self-righteous demagoguery with genuine pride. The South has always been proud of its ways despite, perhaps even because of, the derision it suffered for its shortcomings. But the new Southern pride is based on the steady progress the region has made toward overcoming its problems while retaining its special identity...