Word: failed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...read "Students Protest Transgender Deaths" (Dec. 11) with a growing sense of confusion. The concept of a "hate crime" is one which I have had problems with for some time. The death of Rita (William) Hester is without question a tragedy. However, I fail to see why Hester's gender should make her (his) death any more or less tragic. Murder is already illegal, and stigmatized by society about as much as possible. Creating a sliding scale based on motive for the severity of society's punishment for murders-or indeed for any crime-will not reduce the incidence...
...sometimes I wimped out of the battle. I think at times I was afraid to fail the students, afraid to take on a big issue that mattered to them when I knew we would lose. I know now that sincerely and unapologetically leading people into battle for a good cause logically negates the very possibility of failure...
...Women's Leadership Conference this past September where I met Dr. Oriol, she dispensed this advice: "At each intersection, you have to decide, `What do I want to do?' It might not look great, but that's okay. Don't be afraid to fail...
...lull us into a state of complete emotional suspension. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, it seems that we commonly ask ourselves how the Holocaust could have ever happened. Appelfeld reminds us why it was possible. And as dark as the issues he raises may be, they never fail to come across with a devastating subtlety not necessarily found in many post-Holocaust reflections...
...people who read Fox's interview in People Magazine revealing his long-kept secret or saw him talking with Barbara Walters on last Friday's "20/20" can fail to have been impressed by his faith and optimism in battling the degenerative neurological disorder. Amidst such melodramatic headlines as "The Fight of His Life," Fox has kept a calm, almost beatific demeanor in addressing concerns about his health and future. This is no small feat when you consider the disease he is facing...