Word: ethic
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Indeed, it is that work ethic to which Jantzen, last year’s winner of the team’s Hardest Worker Award, owes much of his success. He is almost always more fit than his opponents, but he is also an excellent technician. Both prongs of this attack can only come from spending long hours practicing and working to improve...
...hard-nosed State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Bush asked every American to dedicate at least 4,000 hours (roughly two years) to volunteer service. "For too long our culture has said, 'If it feels good, do it,'" the President said. "America is embracing a new ethic and a new creed: 'Let's roll.' We want to be a nation that serves goals larger than self...
...Jordan added upper-body strength and a fall-away jump shot, which allowed him to keep opponents on his hip and then finish them off without attacking the rim. After winning his sixth championship, he retired again. In his third career, Jordan is using his vast experience, the work ethic of a coal miner and the authority of a CEO (he was president of the Wizards' basketball operations until he re-signed as a player) to show the baby Wizards how to win and, if he has to on occasion, to take the game into his own hands...
...what happens, even short of the execution factor, America can expect its own long drawn-out vengeance on al-Qaeda to be matched by a European public opinion increasingly roused against it. For, contrary to the myth of Anglo-America's unique respect for individual liberties, the continental ethic of human rights is even stronger...
...will be preserving the gains made during Gusmorino’s tenure. There can be no doubt that the lion’s share of the credit for this past year’s successes goes to the indefatigable Gusmorino, the council president whose jolly demeanor and exceptional work ethic have made the council a real force in student life...