Word: spirit
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...things is archetypally liberal and persists even among moderate liberals who have jumped on the virtue bandwagon. Just as conservatives think they can restore a moral center without making concessions to government activism, liberals think they can revive the language of morality without being judgmental. In his book The Spirit of Community, Etzioni promises as much. He says we can have a "moral revival" without "busybody meddling into our personal affairs," without "Puritanism or oppression," without "self-righteousness." We should "discourage" divorce yet not "condemn...
...York, on the other hand, with its parking-bureau scandals and clockwork rediscovery of police corruption, is merely pathetic. The Spirit of my Chicago is brash, and the hell with it. Lenny Bruce played the city in the '50s and commented, "You know, Bobby Franks was actually a snotty...
...Atlanta games deprived the TV audience of glorious uncertainty [PUBLIC EYE, Aug. 5]. Indeed, to tune in to the Summer Olympics was to confront images of prerecorded events decorated with music, slow-motion sequences and never-ending commercials. The spirit of the Games turned into a sentimental display of American athletic superiority. RAYMOND ROUBENI New York City...
...reaction to Margaret Carlson's "The Soap Opera Games": Lighten up! I was under the impression that part of the Olympic spirit was overcoming adversity. People can't understand that there is more to the Olympics than competition. KIM JUSTICE McKinney, Texas...
...nice. Though Dole's nice too this week, and more concise. (Dole's daughter Robin told the crowd he's pleasant. He was a dandy dad, though none too present.) And Dole himself, with admirable pith, Said bigots could just leave the hall forthwith. This showed the Houston spirit was no more: There was no sudden scramble for the door...