Word: selfless
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Baker-style grenades at the partisanship of the Court - the media would kill him for it. He'll just soberly, and correctly, insist that the Court ruled on his protest but not his contest (which lives on in the Florida courts at least through Saturday). His noble, selfless quest to "count all the votes" must continue for the good of democracy...
...rhythm of our everyday lives. Instead, Thanksgiving should remind us to act. It should remind us that we owe thanks not only for the good will and fortune that have befallen us, but also, and more importantly, for the good deeds which others have blessed us with, for the selfless acts of kindness and love they have deliberately employed to enrich our lives. As such, Thanksgiving should compel us to reciprocate that selflessness, not only tomorrow, but every day of the year...
...pessimist/cynic opts for the tiger, I suppose. The optimist/romantic votes for the lady. I have a sappy, soap opera kind of mind, I regret to report. I decided immediately that the princess would have done the sweet and selfless thing, and, like Rick Blaine sending Ilsa Lund off with Victor Lazlo on the Lisbon plane at the end of "Casablanca," would have sacrificed her own happiness, swallowed her regret, and withdrawn in a fog of nobility...
...yammering classes keep comparing this situation to 1960, and keep citing Richard Nixon's supposedly selfless decision not to challenge John Kennedy's almost invisible and highly dubious margin of victory in Cook County, Illinois. Selfless maybe. Some said it was the prospect of counter-challenges to Republican votes in downstate Illinois that deterred Nixon - along with knowledge that if he challenged the result, it would both tear the nation apart and forever end his political career...
...Whether he is publishing works of his colleagues or championing new works on the podium, Schuller is universally recognized as a selfless and tireless advocate of deserving music. Professor Rands is glowing in his praise: "[He is] completely without affectation, a man of his word; an indefatigable worker on behalf of music and musicians and a thorough professional from head to toe...He has dedicated his life to music and as such is an exemplary mentor and inspiration." Tom Haunton, principal french hornist with the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra and a former student of Schuller's at NEC, says...