Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Moreover, perhaps the greatest lesson that I have learned is that the students of this campus don't just want a servant. They want a leader. Without doubt, I served. I put in the hours and the days and the weeks and the months, certainly the sweat and on some occasion the tears. I did things past presidents would have considered unpresidential--like wear sandwich boards and bring poster board to meetings to make signs to help delegates advertise events...
...giving Espy things like two football play-off tickets, a couple of limo rides and a $1,200 scholarship for his girlfriend. Smaltz uncovered evidence that at least one of the firms that provided benefits to Espy did so hoping to curry favor with him. And there is no doubt that Espy shouldn't have taken some of the gifts. But Smaltz's critics maintain that Espy's misguided behavior hardly warranted such weighty criminal charges. At trial, Smaltz failed to show that Espy had rewarded any of his gift donors. Though the law doesn't require an explicit quid...
...There was never any doubt in my mind. I'm thrilled with the verdict. It just shows that the right thing was done," said defense lawyer Mark Berthiaume...
...bundle of perpetual uncertainty and self-doubt, constantly feeling inferior due to his baby-face and five-foot-one stature yet blessed with keen insight and a genuine zest for life, a man who "loved life's details, relished even its absurdities, delighted in the oddity of human and animal culture, but simultaneously dreaded living." O'Donnell skillfully captures the post-modern existential plight: how to find yourself amidst confusion and chaos, how to live life in a way that is worth living. He writes with an original, sharp wit, turning no end of cleverly constructed phrases. He puts...
...doubt the potions were good--Estee Lauder was a quality fanatic--but the saleslady was better. Much better. And she simply outworked everyone else in the cosmetics industry. She stalked the bosses of New York City department stores until she got some counter space at Saks Fifth Avenue in 1948. And once in that space, she utilized a personal selling approach that proved as potent as the promise of her skin regimens and perfumes...