Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Personality is important, the argument runs, because it is only through a personal relationship that we can come to share beliefs. Thus, through our experience with the personality of God, whether it be with His goodness or His justice, we begin to learn the truth about the world and the way to salvation. We learn that we ought to be good and just if we hope to get closer...
...practical level, this means that the individual personalities of diplomats should be downplayed. We should begin to worry when ambassadors like Foley stress the personal nature of their jobs: "Every person is different, every approach. It depends, to some degree, on the personality of the individual...I am going to do my best under my circumstances with my particular background...
Harvard Coach Frank Sullivan welcomed the chance to begin the 1997-'98 campaign...
Unfortunately, for every one of these elegant moments, there are two or three heavy-handed ones to drown it out. And by the time lightning and thunder begin to roll on cue, we realize we're watching a sermon, not a movie. Admittedly, the subject of sensational journalism offers plenty to preach about. "Today, the journalist discovers the news at the same time as the audience," Costa-Gavras warns, "He doesn't have time to put events into perspective." Gavras makes an excellent point. Mad City could also have profited from a little perspective. Its creators failed to notice that...
...having a drink in an out-of-the-way bar during spring break in Miami Beach. After your waitress takes your order, your friends begin whispering and pointing...