Word: dutybound
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Cardona knew it was a terrible idea. Shortly before he left Fort Bragg, N.C., for the Middle East, he told a close friend and family members that he was returning against his wishes but felt dutybound to accept the deployment. The friend said Cardona described trying to attach another soldier's name tags to his uniform in hopes of concealing his identity from Iraqis but was told by a superior to desist. According to this friend, Cardona said he had told at least one of his superiors that he feared for his safety in Iraq. Cardona's name...
When they retired and their kids left home, the couple, always active volunteers, felt dutybound to do even more. "Coming to the U.S. and [having the chance] to capitalize on so many opportunities, we always had the feeling that we'd been given so much blessing, and there was only one reason why--to share with the less fortunate," says Mervyn...
...often felt obligated to present these diverse views. On the campus paper there, I edited feature stories and had little desire to influence other sections of the paper. But when some minority students complained about the lack of diversity in our coverage and on our staff, I felt dutybound to press other editors to cover minorities more and explore ways to recruit more black students. When students debated whether Yale should have a day off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I saw this as a largely symbolic issue that I wasn't passionately interested in. But eventually I found...