Word: ethicality
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...stirring story, one that brought out one's deeply-ingrained but long-forgotten faith in the American ethic of individual enterprise. Even if surplus value and capitalist exploitation were a reality at Steve's, as some of our fellow-workers were telling us, how could we take Steve's hard-won success and identity away from...
...years earlier. Wodehouse's stable of characters had bits and pieces added to them, but they never really developed or, indeed, aged by much more than an hour. Even their names suggested a Merrie England that never was-Gussie Fink-Nottle, Galahad Threepwood, Boko Fittleworth. The ethic that pervaded all the books and novels was Wodehouse's own: the schoolboy's code carried on into adult life. Fun and pranks are virtually demanded, but one must never be disloyal or let the team down. Jeeves can be seen as the headmaster, stern, wise but always fair, while...
Among the people most concerned over unfettered violence are the officials of junior-level competition. Because the Flyers' buccaneering play attracts fans-most critics suggest that is precisely why the pros fight-the ethic of war has seeped down to younger players. The trend has become so disturbing in Canada that the Ontario government recently conducted an inquiry into violence in the region's amateur hockey programs and, soon after, the Ontario Hockey Association set up new rules to halt brutality...
...built on the work ethic, and for all the evolution in lifestyles, the first identification for most Americans remains what they do, the job they hold. There are many monetary cushions, from unemployment insurance to food stamps, to aid the jobless in today's economy, but there is no balm for the sense of anomie and loss felt by an able man or woman whose skills are no longer wanted anywhere. The memory cells of the nation are still etched with the widespread corrosion of self-confidence that occurred in the Great Depression, and last week's startling...
...father, we learn in the beginning of this film, was an honest man killed by a Sicilian don for refusing to be intimidated, twenty years later. Vito returns to draw an ugly line down the old man's belly with a stiletto. He has succumbed to the revenge ethic. The final five minutes of the film show three of Michael's closest associates dying by his command--his brother, his greatest rival partner and his oldest family retainer. But Vito's revenge was satisfying and to an extent just: Michael's leaves him empty and alone in his chateau...