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...stage of Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theater is the rarely heard chord of all-embracing humanity. This play quivers with laughter and stabs the heart. It speaks for things too long mute: love of the land (in this case, Southern Appalachia), the inviolability of the family, the rigorous ethic of hard work and the rebuke and solace of an omnipresent God. To think of that as a didactic, neo-conservative agenda is to miss the tone and temper of the work. Foxfire has already been called a "hillbilly Our Town," which is close to the mark. And even those...
...nights and weekends, sometimes stacking groceries; later, he played the saxophone in black nightclubs. "I remember the feeling of doing a good day's work, and that's one hell of a feeling," he told TIME'S Alf McCreary two years ago. "I am still driven by that work ethic. Money is not important...
...administration has moved increasingly towards this homogenization ethic in the past two years. Most recently, in scheduling this year's Freshman Week activities, it has killed those long directed at minority students to help acclimate them to Harvard's palpably white environment...
...Judaeo-Christian ethic and study of the Bible were bonds between Jews and Christians that had always been part of my life. I also believed very deeply that the Jews who had survived the Holocaust deserved their own nation and that they had a right to live in peace among their neighbors. I considered this homeland for the Jews to be compatible with the teachings of the Bible, hence ordained by God. These beliefs made my commitment to the security of Israel unshakable...
This strong work ethic has propelled Pellegrini into the NFL. His teammates have noticed it. Nitti says that Pellegrini is "one of the hardest workers I've seen in football whether it be in practice or in the weight room." Nitti, however, can't let that comment through without a jab: "Joe's only problem is that he cannot talk right. The first time I heard Joe talk he asked if he should move the ball to the farty-yahd line--the whole team fell over laughing...