Word: braved
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...without one of the company's distinctive, multi-screen terminals on his or her desk. The Thomson-Reuters merger, however, leaves no doubt that the two older, outflanked companies are serious about doing together what they failed to do alone: showing down the upstart. "It would take a very brave company not to be somewhat alarmed" by the tie-up says Theresa Wise, a London-based partner at consultants Accenture...
...about a pair of bickering British tourists visiting Oscar Wilde's grave site in the Père-Lachaise cemetery with romantically restorative results, and Tom Twyker's take on a faltering love affair between a pair of young people, one of whom is blind, yet is also a brave and wily navigator of the sighted world. There's even a piece by Sylvain Chomet, about a mime - yes, I know, but set your prejudices aside - finding true love that has a sort of wayward charm...
...created in him a bravery so profound that as soon as he heard gunshots, he knew what he had to do. It's impossible to say how God's hand plays into such things, but no matter how miraculous Librescu's survival during World War II, moments before his brave death he became a doomed but beautiful guardian angel to the students who are alive because of his heroism. David L. Fraser, Clearwater, Florida...
...course, Bill and Melinda Gates are not alone in contemporary transformative philanthropy. George Soros' support for brave truth tellers in Central Europe and the former Soviet Union helped catalyze the peaceful end of communism. The Google guys, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, are out to prove how information technologies can bring about major change. They have recently posted satellite imagery of Darfur, Sudan, in order to raise awareness and technical support for solutions in that violence-ravaged region. The dynamism of social entrepreneurship makes a mockery, alas, of our political leadership. The Gateses, Buffett, Soros, Page and Brin have left...
Once upon a time, in a land near near by, there were fairy tales. Brave princes slew dragons and saved fair damsels. Princesses and scullery maids waited for brave knights and true love. The good were pretty, the evil ugly, the morals absolute. And lo, it was good. If you liked that sort of thing...