Word: treat
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...more serious matters in mind. His subject is how to live morally in this world rather than penitently in the next, and the dynamic that fascinates him is why people make excuses, time and again, rather than attempt to be better. The title character, played by Treat Williams, is the conscience-pricked but ultimately expedient movie executive depicted in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. Gould is called on the netherworld carpet for seduction and abandonment of a woman who, when summoned to testify, proves insufferable even to the great adversary. Mamet may mistrust all women -- his essay "True Stories...
...nation, from Louisiana State University to the University of Minnesota, students have been accepted onto search committees for deans and faculty. At Harvard, we are denied any say in the tenure process. We mature tremendously from our first year to our last, but unfortunately the administration chooses to treat us as first-year students until we graduate...
...need spiritual values, we need a revolution of the mind. This is the only way toward a new culture and new politics that can meet the challenge of our time. We have changed our attitude toward some matters -- such as religion -- which, admittedly, we used to treat in a simplistic manner . . . Now we not only proceed from the assumption that no one should interfere in matters of the individual's conscience; we also say that the moral values that religion generated and embodied for centuries can help in the work of renewal in our country...
...thing is that he never stopped being a Sikh, and he remains full of admiration for the social reformers who founded the religion: "These guys were, like, wacko. They just appeared out of nowhere and were talking about justice and equality. Treat women equally, serve the poor, defend your rights. It fits the social and revolutionary agenda of the American republic to a tee." He shrugs. "Except that we wear beards and turbans...
Resentment against the army's influence over civil society almost certainly played a role. In a recent survey, 73% of those questioned said officers have a better chance of promotion in civilian life, 59% thought their boss was an officer, and 34% added that he continued to treat them like soldiers in the office. The cooler new military mood may also reflect the "feminization" of Switzerland. Women did not receive the vote until 1971, and they have become a more powerful presence in the workplace and in politics. "There's a male network to which women don't belong," says...