Word: virtuousness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...increasingly evident as it continues. Everyone--except for Twiggy and her boy friend--displays a singular corruptness. Actors shove their way to the front of the stage like runners in a relay race. Their troubles are all for nothing; DeThrill walks off without signing a single contract, and even virtuous Polly and her boy friend don't reach the bigtime. They, however, are simply content with what they've got. "I could be happy with you, If you could be happy with...
...Cornish coast, its lowering weather and muddy roads and cobbled walks. And his examination of violence is no more dishonest than the tensions of the characters that commit it. I don't think he's pandering to or bullying his audiences, that he wants to terrify the virtuous, make the thugs feel good, and give everyone else a charge. For, if you force yourself to look at that bursting foot, or Amy's bloodied face, or the battle shots of a fagged-out David taking one final swipe with a poker--cold sweat is the appropriate response...
...virtuous wrapping of Mr. Rehnquist in such adjectives as "brilliant," "scholarly," "logical," "superb" can obscure his belief that society's rights are superior to individual rights. If this nomination is confirmed by the Senate, then open Madison's grave and throw in the Bill of Rights to keep him company. It will...
...This does not mean that women have fundamentally changed; it is home and family that have been altered beyond recognition. The "virtuous woman" of Proverbs never thought about a "career," but she bought fields, planted vineyards, made fine linen and sold it. A few centuries ago, rural estates were, in effect, agricultural and industrial cooperatives, and women took their place beside men as managers of farms and workshops. Now there are few comparable possibilities for productive work at home; moreover the proportion of a woman's life devoted to care of her children, thanks to her longevity...
Despite their virtuous qualities, the Indians dropped their opener to the University of New Hampshire, 6-4, and they should make it two in a row tonight against Harvard...