Word: virtuous
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...regarded as a divine right, to be worked for-but always ultimately awarded. The beloved combination of morals and mechanics called the "Pursuit of Happiness" became an article of national faith. So did a strange feeling of national "innocency." The Founding Fathers had permanently crystallized the images of "a virtuous new democratic world" and "a vicious tyrannical older world" of Europe. Down to the 20th century, Americans grew up with a feeling that a higher group morality, as well as a higher standard of living, distinguished them from the rest of mankind...
...ultimate form of power, the atom bomb, to preserve peace. Americans had thought of themselves as the "tutors of mankind in its pilgrimage to perfection," innocent of ulterior ambition or guile. Now they found themselves "condemned in a court of public opinion" by have-not nations, who regarded the virtuous prosperity of the U.S. as a sign of imperialism and international...
...Beloved Country is so earnest and virtuous that criticism of it seems almost improper--like throwing stones at a nun, say. But I am bound to say that it is a disappointing movie which hardly ever catches the strength and beauty of Alan Paton's novel of the same name from which it was taken...
...defended. By year's end, NATO was a military reality, with six U.S. and twelve European divisions in the field. Defeatism faded, neutralism began to fade, because arms came into being; and the fading of defeatism made more arms possible. Europe, for a change, was moving in a virtuous circle...
...plot of this disarmingly innocent sex comedy is simple enough. It concerns a virtuous young girl who is picked up by an architect atop the Empire State Building. They subsequently go to his apartment, where they are joined by an amiable but immoral neighbor (played by Hiram Sherman with a fraudulent Southern accent) living in an upstairs suite. From there on the presence of the naive and pure young lady in such worldly surroundings is situation enough for Mr. Herbert to spin a clever and funny play which never sags because of its witty conversation...