Word: sin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sin-and-sex parade marches on. Highlights on last week's tabloid shows ranged from a story on "the undercover Romeo," a drug informant who allegedly lured innocent women into dope deals, to an ogling visit to a topless coffee shop. Can't something be done, critics and concerned viewers cry, about such tasteless shows? Now a campaign against TV sleaze appears to be gathering steam. But the cure may be worse than the disease...
MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Mangagement Joseph P. Newhouse '63 said the report--"The Taxes of Sin: Do Smokers and Drinkers Pay Their Way?"--was aimed at determining if excise taxes on cigarettes and alcohol cover the costs the habits incur for society as a whole...
Both Newhouse and Manning said they hoped their study will help in the debate over "sin" taxes, adding that additional taxes on liquor or cigarettes must be implemented on a federal level to prevent interstate bootlegging...
Chasing women kind of comes with the territory in the male-chauvinist Senate, like the springy black leather couches. Making millions from inside contacts after Government service is not all that grave a sin either, else an army of former lawmakers now behind the polished doors of august law firms would be in irons. It was the booze that got John Tower in real trouble...
There is a character in The Satanic Verses, a scribe named Salman, who commits an unthinkable sin. His job is to write down the revelations of God as recited by Mahound, Rushdie's fictional prophet. But the mischievous scribe repeatedly changes Mahound's words. When the prophet finally realizes that Salman has corrupted the text of his holy book, he explodes, "Your blasphemy can't be forgiven." The proper punishment for Salman's crime is death, but Mahound is merciful and spares his life...