Word: moralizing
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...before I explain that, let me give you a little background. I'm probably behind the times on this issue, but I believe that the theater can be a moral force in human life. Perhaps sympathetic is a better word. The late Victorian technique of bringing the house lights down at the start of a production did something that had never been achieved in human history before: it gave human beings the opportunity to observe others with the absolute certainty that they themselves would not be observed in turn--if not by the actors themselves, then at least...
Gossip Guy has been inspired by Elizabeth Shue's '?? return to harvard to complete her degree. He plans on graduating in June after completing his Core requirements: Foreign Cultures 44: Lies in Nazi Germany, Moral Reasoning 36: If there are no rumors, all is permitted, and Historical Studies B-81: Protestant Innuendo...
...that is lost by having the council elect its own leaders would be the supposed moral value of having the student body elect its own leaders. But this claim fundamentally misunderstands the role of the council leadership. They might win the respect and gratitude of students by helping to bring about improvements in undergraduate life, but hardly anyone will ever see the council president as the leader of the student body or the manifest voice of undergraduate opinion. The president is at best a fine administrator with the potential to make worthwhile changes, and administrators are best chosen by those...
...your rules. Says Wolf: "That doesn't even happen in a two-parent family." (Memo to father of 10-year-old girl I know, irked when daughter gleefully watched forbidden The Spy Who Shagged Me at friend's birthday party: It's hardly a matter of physical danger or moral corruption, so give it a rest...
Hope's case last week helped persuade Republican Governor George Ryan, a death-penalty advocate, to take the unprecedented step of halting executions in the state. He said there would be no more lethal injections until he could "be sure with moral certainty" that no more innocent people were headed for execution...