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...partly in his remarkable opportunism. Few politicians have ever preached the verities of work ethic, law and order, anti-Communism and the rest with such fervor while so thoroughly readjusting their private dogmas to deal with events. Like an Elmer Gantry intransigent in the pulpit, Nixon knew all about sin and situational ethics in the political streets. The ideological flexibility that allowed him to embrace China and Russia, a guaranteed annual income, and wage and price controls, always troubled conservatives...
...Drunkard is a very old musical play about alcohol and the wages of sin, and it's being produced at the 369 School for the Performing Arts up in Somerville. The play was written in the 1840s, but apparently got changed by bits and pieces over the years. With some excellent background work, the people at 369 have gone a long way to restoring the piece to its original condition. The music for the play is lost, but the show's producers have come up with a score that is purportedly true to its source. Weekend performances begin...
Serpico's most difficult move, and the one that finally succeeded, was taking his allegations above the police department, to "outside agencies"--the mayor's office, and then The Times. This was his unforgivable sin, the one that finally led to his being shot...
...quote. As the Senate Watergate committee gathered in the Old Senate Caucus Room for its final news conference, Ervin summed up the meaning of it all with the help of liberal sayings from the Scriptures and the classics, including a ripely solemn phrase from Rudyard Kipling: "For the sin they do by two and two they must...
...1960s it was largely concerned with political issues like attacking Communism and defending the Viet Nam War. Today, conservatives are more worried about church doctrine, liturgy and education. The biblical imbroglio, for instance, focuses on such questions as the literal reality of the Virgin birth, the nature of original sin, the historical accuracy of the Resurrection accounts and even, conservatives claim, the deity of Jesus Christ...