Word: burnes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...really don't have the time to explore and do all the things you ought to be doing during your college time and just have time not to burn out," says Professor of Biology William M. Gelbart '67, one of the department's head tutors...
Some rock stars burn out or fade away, but for a performer like Marianne Faithfull, each year means more legendary appeal...
...Nuns Gertrude Mukangano and Justine Kizito, now sheltered by the Benedictine order in Belgium, called Tutsis who sought refuse "dirt" and allegedly supplied to burn some alive, including the immediate families of Tutsi nuns...
...unequivocally rule out a political future. If I ever do decide to enter politics, it will not be because of high popularity ratings in the polls. I am fully aware that in taking stands on issues, I would quickly alienate one interest group or another and burn off much popularity. And I would certainly not run simply because I saw myself as the "Great Black Hope," providing a role model for African Americans or a symbol to whites of racism overcome. I would enter only because I had a vision for this country. I would enter because I believed...
...long as possible: "A premature consumption of all the ammunition in a battle is certain to bring defeat." Or, as Powell puts it near the end of his book, "I am fully aware that in taking stands on issues, I would quickly alienate one interest group or another and burn off much popularity...