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For a movie who's tenuous message seemed to be "looks don't matter" (yet everyone is plastic-ally pretty) The only interesting character was forced to conform to the shallow beauty ethic by removing his individuality in order to get the loose girl.
His teacher is disappointed at his lack of work ethic.
As funny to think about as to experience, it might have been the main inspiration for Monty Python or Fawlty Towers in its use of attitudes and punctilios to score comedic points; and as a headlong assault on the Protestant work ethic, it is, like the aforementioned, priceless.
This documentary takes a boy's defense of his father's work ethic and aims it at a man who has done a great work toward opening the eyes of a nation toward the misdirections of its leadership -- a great work ethic in itself.
Upper class sophistication, personified by ever-glamorous Kay Francis and gentleman crook William Powell, characterizes the tragic aspect of the story, while ethic warmth and humor, in the classic Warner Bros. style, are perfectly supplied by Aline MacMahon, Warren Hymer, and Frank McHugh.
Jane Wyman's recent passing has elicited a great flurry of comments about her strong work ethic, her humble modesty and her strict no-gossip code, all admirable qualities.
This is still a very good film exploring ethic conflict in India post-partition, but just does not have the strength and impact of Bombay (1995).
This is indeed a harsh punishment, as the girls know nothing about the "work ethic" and are astounded to find that they have to get up at 5:30 am and work eight hours a day!
Though I'd been told this movie was not "cyberpunk" like testsuo, in a way it had a similar ethic, questioning "what makes a person a person", although in this case it's more about what makes one "good or evil".
The Japanese work ethic would persist, the reasoning went, and Japan’s high savings rate and slow population growth would give it a substantial edge in capital intensity – and thus in labor productivity – on top of whatever economy-wide advantage it might develop in total factor productivity.
Although some Americans always like to boast about their superior work ethic, this disparity in working hours between the US and Europe has not always existed.
As a result, the country has increasingly been focusing on the so-called “killer apps” that, according to the historian Niall Ferguson, drove the West’s rise to economic dominance: competition, science, property, modern medicine, consumerism, and an ethic of hard work.
It is underpinned by a Confucian ethic that prioritizes caring for others over self-interest, which helps to explain why Hong Kong has the highest rate of charitable giving in East Asia.
With the threat that the US House of Representatives will approve a resolution that accuses Turks of genocide against ethic Armenians nine decades ago, this is a particularly inopportune moment for the two countries to be at odds over Iraq.
Finally, there was Kennedy’s ethic of service on behalf of the commonwealth: “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.
But the Union's regulatory authority is likely to be accepted by the accession countries only if it remains tied to the redistributionist ethic at the heart of the EU's social model.
Non-Western societies often espouse a communitarian ethic that sees society as more than the sum of its individual members, and considers duties to be more important than rights.
The sense of a professional ethic is conveyed by clauses in the oath that require managers to “develop both myself and other managers under my supervision so that the profession continues to grow and contribute to the well-being of society.”
It has impressive universities and a high education level, well- managed global companies, and a strong work ethic.
It is also a rich and original literary achievement that challenges today’s consumerist ethic.
All this shows that reflection on common ethical values, a global ethic, is needed more urgently now than ever before.
In soccer, that does seem to be the prevailing ethic.
The modern tendency to regard economic differences in terms of religion was stimulated by Max Weber’s reflections on the Protestant work ethic.
Moreover, if a wealthy person does have a particularly strong work ethic, it is likely attributable not just to their genetic predisposition, but also to their upbringing, including whatever privileges, values, and opportunities their background may have afforded them.
People in the rich world think globalization resembles an implacably malignant force that snatches away well paying jobs and sends them to faraway places; people in developing countries think it ushers in a self-obsessed consumerist ethic on a train of corrupt privatization and environmental destruction.
Regional governments have also been toughened up by the Chung-hua , Inc. ethic.
But they dare not overrun the open, commercial ethic of China's region-states--the source of their country's prosperity.
As a result, their earning capacity is severely constrained, regardless of their talent or work ethic.
The Latin American who swims the Rio Grande, it seems, is instantly baptized with the Protestant ethic!
Indeed, these Asian principles can serve as a part of an emerging common global ethic.
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