Word: sir
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sir: In a society where children are conditioned to develop conceptually profane areas in their minds to accommodate words that in themselves are neutral, that sends missionaries to teach innocent people living comfortably in warm climates to be shameful of their bodies-which, paradoxically, are made in the image of God -it is refreshing to read of the new morality, which, new or old, was always concerned with the whole man, his intent, not merely his flesh. The days of busybodies and social cancers with boots up to their knees and collars up to their ears are hopefully numbered...
...Sir: Allow me to express my incomprehension at a society that 1) condones, indeed in some ways encourages, premarital sex for girls (TIME-Harris Poll), 2) hastens to condemn as "women of easy morals" (BEHAVIOR) those of them who were not careful enough and became unwed mothers, and 3) makes news of the "soft bulge under [Vanessa Redgrave's] floppy white pants" and "the Italian actor who fathered the child but whom she feels no need to marry" (PEOPLE...
...Sir: Why, oh why, must everyone who does not support a black candidate be labeled "racist"? Is every black candidate naturally better than every white one, regardless of accomplishments...
...Sir: Sam Yorty's campaign emerges as the most repugnant and cankerous opportunism witnessed in recent times. This particular variety of infectious demi-think is as sinister a threat to America as the nuclear stalemate or environmental pollution, for it moves the electoral decision from reason to the irrational and erodes people's belief in the democratic process. A greater tragedy, though, is the extent to which Yorty's racism has so aptly measured the temperament of the voter. How dare we feign shock at the news of a Watts...
...Sir: Thanks to Mr. Thomas Bradley's decision to run for mayor, the citizens of Los Angeles had the opportunity to see themselves in daylight. Not a very pretty sight to watch-fear and prejudice surface and prevail. Possibly even more frightening is the Los Angeles voter's lack of qualms about jeopardizing the future of his city by placing it in the hands of a ruthless opportunist...