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...Roman Catholic, a decent, educated American adult with a decent, 15-year-old son, I feel you owe us as well as all the other Catholic and decent readers of your magazine an apology for printing such filth and a retraction of the disgraceful, sordid, repugnant principles you have either glorified or approved, especially free sex and birth control. (MRS.) LORETTA FABRICANT Lynbrook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 7, 1964 | 2/7/1964 | See Source »

...success of the film is remarkable, for in many ways Tom Jones appears an almost impossible movie to make. The hero is an amoral bastard who must be made likeable; Squire Western is a slob who must not seem repulsive; the squire are whores, yet cannot appear sordid; the heroine is sexy, but her virtue must not seem ridiculous...

Author: By J.michael Crichton, | Title: Tom Jones | 1/8/1964 | See Source »

...American eyes are quick to turn from our stainless steel to some of our spineless, sordid screen productions. I sincerely hope that America will refuse to have filth poured over their country in the name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 29, 1963 | 11/29/1963 | See Source »

Academic commentators have traditionally concentrated on the legal governmental structure of cities and have avoided city politics as if it were somehow too sordid to warrant scholarly attention. Recently, a few scholars such as Oscar Handlin, Wallace Sayre, and Herbert Kaufman have tried to demonstrate the importance of politics in urban life, but none has done it on as large a scale or with as much skill as Banfield and Wilson...

Author: By Robert F. Wagner jr., | Title: City Politics | 11/19/1963 | See Source »

...Small World of Sammy Lee. As the M.C. of a Soho strip joint, Anthony Newley oozes innuendo, juggles illicit deals, and runs runs runs. A satisfactory if often sordid film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Records, Cinema, Books: Sep. 6, 1963 | 9/6/1963 | See Source »

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