Word: compassing
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...often vexed referees, teammates and management while living the N.B.A. life to the fullest. But in 1992 he made his first hajj to Mecca, renewed his faith in Islam and added the H to his first name. Since then he has carried a prayer rug and a compass with him wherever he goes, and he has been at peace with the Rockets, opponents and, most important, himself. "You try your best to please Him," Olajuwon has said of his religion. "So you be the best personality you can. When you meet people, you're polite. You get all this acclamation...
...chastity, the religious right has a voracious appetite for tawdry tales of sexual impropriety. These conservative Christians may spurn gossip about movie stars and trashy afternoon talk shows, but their interest in unsubstantiated rumors about Bill Clinton's alleged affairs is more than a healthy concern for the moral compass of the President. It represents an irrational hatred of Clinton and a perverse desire for smut...
...sometimes need to take a break from the events that surround us. We need to step back, recalibrate our guides, find, capture and internalize our ideals. Living in the true state of the world and always hoping for an idealized one is an action that forms our compass, our motor and our destination. Unfortunately, while ideals are our greatest sources of happiness, they are also our greatest causes of sadness...
...resigned, those people without ideals, have given up hope. They settle for less than they ought to because they don't think they are albe to achieve more. Idealless people give up because, to their minds, there is nothing left to affect, nothing more to deserve. There is no compass, no motor, no destination other than the starting point...
When Richard Steen, former acting director of Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS), compared Harvard's primary computer planning and maintenance program to a sinking ship, he forgot to mention that it was also missing a compass. HASCS's lack of central direction and clear policy was never more evident than in last week's discovery and haphazard treatment of a public log file revealing the names of Harvard community members and their network addresses...