Word: righteous
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...first take the Socialists. They had not enjoyed the confidence of the people. During the riots of May and June, there were few placards proposing the establishment of a Socialist government. Their abstract arguments and self-righteous criticisms of the government had had little appeal to the average voter. Further-more, they had failed to address themselves to the solution of concrete problems, while deeply immersed within theoretical controversies among themselves. The atrophy of confidence in the opposition party, as well as in the governmental party, might suggest an eventual demise of parliamentarianism itself, reminding one of the situation...
...interesting that the condemnation has been so out-spoken and self-righteous, because it indicates that the crime involved strikes close to home. People who merely defy the nation's values are crackpots, and are dismissed lightly because their sins aren't frighteningly poignant. But the tremendous pre-occupation with Van Doren's guilt shows that he has done much more than defy American values; he has embodied them...
After all the charges and countercharges had been debated, the seminar wound up earnestly deploring "a loss of respect for women among young men," and calling on students to form "squads to apprehend and check" disrespectful behavior. All but lost in the righteous furor was the quietly reasonable voice of one male student. "Tell me," he asked, "is there any country in the world where the boys do not indulge in this game...
Maggie's most righteous indignation (and her finest hour in public life) was reserved for the late Joe McCarthy, in her famous "Declaration of Conscience" speech. It was the first major address of Freshman Smith, and the first outcry in the Senate against McCarthy's campaign of smear and innuendo. While scowling Joe McCarthy listened from a nearby desk, Maggie denounced him for debasing the Senate "to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination, sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity ... I don't want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory...
...roll music, and Africans went on shopping sprees for Elvis Presley records. Athletes harried Olympic officials with fake phone calls about the imminent arrival of a gift of crocodiles from Ghana. Someone started the rumor that a British girl athlete was really a boy, thereby brought a flush of righteous royal red to the British press...