Sentences with phrase «social propriety in»

Prim and proper and British all over, the drama begins with a single incident that ripples out to color the rest of their lives, sexual anxiety and social propriety in direct competition with one another.

Not exact matches

In the summer of 1952 the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches was forced to take a vote on the propriety of the activities of its Council for Social Action.

But a simulation system that gives computer - controlled agents a sense of social propriety could change that, leading to more realistic interactions between humans and characters in games.

«Not only for the story itself, which has captured people's interest, but also for the larger social implications of the story, the issues it raises about the power of celebrity, violence against women, and the veil of propriety in a beleaguered but beloved broadcaster.

The prizewinning author triumphs in this frightening yet delicious drama of dark surprises - where social codes are uprooted and desire daringly trumps propriety - and all is alight with Edwardian wit and opulence.

Often there are characters that jump out at the visitors to scare them — and in the original dark ride, the tunnel of love, to perhaps allow the two people per row to clutch at each other in social propriety.

The substantial social costs exacted by the exclusionary rule for the vindication of Fourth Amendment rights have long been a source of concern... We have now reexamined the purposes of the exclusionary rule and the propriety of its application in cases where officers have relied on a subsequently invalidated search warrant.