Word: shame
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...been more commonly in evidence during higher historic eras of cultural expression: in the great age of the Islamic world, in several African civilizations such as Ghana, Benin and Siwan, the Ukiyo period in Japan and, of course, classical Greece, Rome, for example, fell after Christianity (and sexual shame) became dominant in the West...
Ever since I was old enough to see movies about "Africans," I felt shame and embarrassment about my ancestry...
Bankruptcy Pain. Though such services do enable debtors to clear up their bills, the process is very far from painless. Delinquent debtors suffer a sharp reduction in their standard of living and a shame so severe that many do not want their names used. An example is an Atlanta father of four who is struggling to pay off a debt of $23,700, most of which he charged while he had a $20,000-a-year job in the marketing division of Lockheed. Laid off in 1972, he now earns $12,000 annually in the management training division of Georgia...
Most psychiatrists agree that sex fantasies are normal and should be enjoyed without shame. But some have reservations about Lowndes' advice to act them out; many fantasies are clearly violent and dangerous. Says Lowndes: pray we're not naive. We have to weigh the millions of people suffering from harmless fantasies against the possibility of encouraging a kook like Charles Manson If I found that we produced one violent person with our show, I think we would fold up our tent...
...offering Laughing Last, a readable and engaging biography (if it can be classified as such) of his father, Alger Hiss. While the Nixon gang and assorted witnesses and prosecutors continue to churn out bestsellers, this slim volume may be lost in the flood tide of confessions, which is a shame, because Hiss brings a great deal of honest emotion and reflection to his subject, a claim his competitors hardly can make...