Word: braveness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whether he is a Communist, Li questions the motives of the protesters. "There is a very big psychological factor. Many people just write things and play with words to show off. For example, my friend joined the marchers because he wanted his girlfriend to think he was brave...
...Cartoonist William Steig continues to create with a master's style and a youth's imagination. In his 20th book, Brave Irene (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $12.95), the daughter of a fevered dressmaker attempts to deliver a ball gown to a faraway duchess. Young Irene is faced with cold, snowdrifts and night. Lesser individuals might need rescuers, but this child has ingenuity to go with her spunk. She turns the dress box into a toboggan and slides her way to the ball. Young ladies have come a long way since Hans Christian Andersen's little match girl froze her toes...
...British bank's holdings in Barclays National to 40.4% by last year, was made in the face of rising worldwide sentiment against apartheid and doing business in South Africa. Said Sir Timothy Bevan, chairman of Barclays: "I'm not a coward, but it's no good being totally brave and unrealistic. World opinion is important. It affects commerce...
...people I worked with were so incredibly brave, going into the townships at night," he says. "I don't think they put their lives on the line because of guilt. It goes much deeper than that...
...cannot let recent events distract us from the cause of those brave fighters for freedom around the world," he said. As his audience applauded, Reagan said, "Yes, you did just make...