Word: virtuously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...misunderstanding and misogyny reach such deplorable heights? Dijkstra offers conflicting scapegoats. One is the rise of industrial capitalism, which made such physical and moral demands that men fled, exhausted, to the image of woman as "priestess of virtuous inanity." The other, which explains the failure of such canonization, is the spread of Darwinism and the quack argument that women remained at a more primitive stage of evolution. As Darwin himself put it, "Man has ultimately become superior to woman...
Famed for their virtuous works and pious Coach Paterno ("St. Joe" to Miami counterpart Jimmy Johnson), the Nittany Lions were outrushed moderately and outpassed spectacularly throughout a battle that only they appeared to be waging from the edge of a cliff. For a considerable time, Penn State's offensive star was not D.J. Dozier but Punter John Bruno. While it is true that, in the final analysis, the Lions seemed a bit smarter than Miami, it is truer that they were a lot meaner...
Others scientists decided not to fast. "The act of fasting exerts a moral pressure because it is considered a virtuous act, but we need to concentrate on the sharing of information and logical argument," said Michael I. Ratner, a research associate at the Harvard College Observatory...
...doing your job. When my colleagues ask me why I'm giving so many speeches, I can say it's your own damn fault for voting TV in." On the other hand, the wavy- haired and matinee-idol-handsome John Warner (Actress Elizabeth Taylor's ex-hubby) proclaimed with virtuous self-denial, "I will not start combing my hair or wear red ties. I shall remain the shaggy renegade character I've always been...
...virtuous vacation, refulgence not indulgence, is the new favorite of the fitness-minded. "Three or four years ago, I don't think I booked a spa except La Costa," notes Selma Weiner, owner of a travel agency in New York City. "Then suddenly it was Rancho La Puerta, Palm-Aire and Canyon Ranch." About 5 million people now sign up each year, says Edward Safdie, a spa developer. That is up phenomenally from 400,000 five years ago, and Safdie projects 30 million guests annually in five to ten years. To handle the growing popularity, spas are sprouting across...