Unit 1: Vocabulary from Readings 4

Does this mean that our future can be built on a rejection of the past? Surely such a choice is not necessary. The two are incompatible.

How are we to reconcile our supreme duty towards memory with the need to forget that is essential to life? No generation has had to confront this paradox with such urgency.

Each one of us felt compelled to bear witness. Such were the wishes of the dying, the testament of the dead.

After the war we reassured ourselves that it would be enough to relate a single night in Treblinka, to tell of her cruelty, the senselessness of murder, and the outrage born of indifference: it would be enough to find the right word and the propitious moment to say it, to shake humanity out of its indifference and keep the torturer from torturing ever again.

We would have to invent a new vocabulary, for our own words were inadequate, anemic.

We take comfort in knowing that the pickles were prepared in-house, and that the cucumbers came from just an hour away. In short, we’ve come to demand high quality and sustainable sourcing in every part of a restaurant's operation.

These are all indecencies that, theoretically, should fall to lawmakers to address.

Already, plenty of eateries and smaller chains in the Boston area...have committed to compensating hourly employees more than the bare minimum...

In addition to a minimum wage of $10, Boloco offers employees at its burrito joints other perks, including 401(k) matching, transportation subsidies, and English-language courses.

Virtue isn’t the only reward: “There are quantifiable savings in terms of lower turnover and training costs,” said CEO Patrick Renna.