Word: scolding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...does not want to be an ambassador anywhere or a public scold of Jimmy Carter or a part of the new Government's diplomatic macinnery. In about a week he will look up from the papers and notes he has been stacking and reading and begin to write his book, which will be an examination of the relationship between the historical necessities and the human choices open to the U.S. during those years that Kissinger lived at the pinnacle of power. It will be a book with people talking and events happening and now and then some professorial thoughts...
...Sportin' Life could use a touch more evil but is admirable in his dandified elusiveness. The depth of this cast is suggested by the presence of the veteran contralto Carol Brice, a regular on the concert scene since the 1940s, in the minor role of a neighborhood scold named Maria...
...Niebuhr ... The other source of my understanding about what's right and wrong in this society is from a friend of mine, a poet named Bob Dylan. After listening to his records ... I've learned to appreciate the dynamism of change in a modern society." Carter went on to scold the lawyers and judges in the audience for not caring more about the legal and moral rights of society's underdogs. He praised Martin Luther King Jr., "who was perhaps despised by many in this room because he shook up our social structure ... and demanded simply that black citizens...
...rough-and-tumble first half brought Regis coach Olive Norton stalking off the bench to scold the lead referee and threaten a Regis walkout. "It was a pretty physical game," explained Haverland. "We've been coaching our girls to be aggressive, but you rely on referees to keep that sort of thing under control. We've had rougher games and I kind of like them...
...covenant and virtue, even though the concept embarrasses many. Few speak of moral progress or Utopian hopes in a moment like ours. Yet it is possible that today too little is made of those rare virtues that we do possess. The Catholic bishops' committee that came to scold stayed also to praise. "Many of the new emphases are positive and praiseworthy: sensitivity to the dignity and fundamental equality of all men and women; increased concern for individual self-realization; broadened perception of the moral decisions which must be made concerning participation in warfare; new appreciation of the imperatives...