Word: enlightenedness
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Mezhirov understands that heroic exploits are not ends in themselves but are worthwhile only insofar as they enable other people to lead normal, peaceful lives. Not everyone need spend time in the trenches. The meaning of life is life itself: the daily routine that demands its own unobtrusive heroism. Goethe...
After reading the article "Taking a Sharp Turn Towards the Right," [May 7] I was first disgusted and then a bit enlightened. There is such a thing as progress. In Nazi Germany, those who were hated were forced to wear labels. Now, people like Sumner Anderson are at least isolating...
The prejudiced director confronted by these three well-drawn Black characters is the suave Al Manners, played by Jed Sexton. Manners believes he is racially enlightened because he has agreed to direct a performance with Black actors. But his impatience and condescension toward the actors betray his sham egalitariansism. In...
Buthelezi will meet with Mandela, perhaps as soon as this week, to try to restore peace to Natal. But a rally to be addressed by the two black leaders was called off, and few hold out much hope for the talks. Last week Buthelezi dismissed the power of the A.N.C...
"We expect the chair to have a radiating effect with other firms," said Harvard Law School Dean for Development Scott G. Nichols yesterday. "This is an enlightened gift from an enlightened firm."