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M.R.A

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From: enom...@meer.net (Madhu)
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Subject: M.R.A
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by: Madhu - Tue, 21 Nov 2023 09:44 UTC

"The group is also mentioned in Raymond Chandler's book Farewell,
My Lovely. A cop says to Philip Marlowe: "I think we gotta make
this little world all over again. Now take Moral
Rearmament. There you've got something. M. R. A. There you've
got something, baby."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Rearmament

I spotted 3 lines where M.R.A is usedd including that

He put his big hand out. "No hard feelings?"
"M.R.A.," I said and shook the hand.

He nodded, and then he smiled. "M.R.A.," he said."

I can infer that the use is conciliatory in some sense, This is a bad
cop who is then shown to be not so bad and to have morals. But what
would an american reader say from the 70s make of it?

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by: J. J. Lodder - Tue, 21 Nov 2023 12:19 UTC

Madhu <enometh@meer.net> wrote:

> "The group is also mentioned in Raymond Chandler's book Farewell,
> My Lovely. A cop says to Philip Marlowe: "I think we gotta make
> this little world all over again. Now take Moral
> Rearmament. There you've got something. M. R. A. There you've
> got something, baby."
> -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Rearmament
>
> I spotted 3 lines where M.R.A is usedd including that
>
> He put his big hand out. "No hard feelings?"
> "M.R.A.," I said and shook the hand.
>
> He nodded, and then he smiled. "M.R.A.," he said."
>
> I can infer that the use is conciliatory in some sense, This is a bad
> cop who is then shown to be not so bad and to have morals. But what
> would an american reader say from the 70s make of it?

We do know what Philip Marlowe (1940) made of it:
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Jan