Word: fearless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...then, to explain Bob Kerrey? The junior Senator from Nebraska, whose personal valor was certified for all time when he lost a leg in Vietnam, is equally fearless wading through political minefields. Opposing a Senate resolution supporting George Bush's gulf policy, adopted 97-3, Kerrey declared, "No American should die in the Persian Gulf in order to hold down the price of gasoline." Impatient with the inadequacy and dithering of the budget debate, he predicted, "We will pass a budget that will reduce the deficit by $34 billion, the economy will continue to weaken, and the deficit will grow...
...heroines, Fanny, Mary and Alexandra, prove to be fearless, feminine and fearlessly feminist. In an argument over whether one should wear trousers while scaling the face of a "vertiginous" cliff, Mary remarks tersely (and comically): "Alexandra, the civilizing mission of Woman is to reduce the amount of masculinity in the world. Not add to it by wearing trousers." Their careless courage makes them endearing and often comic...
EACH night the television relays messages home from U.S. defense personel in Saudi Arabia. Their faces are shyly grinning, or blushing with embarassment as they talk to the camera. They are fearless--or courageous despite their fear. Perhaps most impressive is that these U.S. service men and women are exactly...
That Fossey impulsively embraced a heart of darkness is obvious. Yet the wild shadows in Hayes' biography are illuminated by what he calls a "miracle of will." Its origin is Fossey's desperation to escape her own loneliness. It made her fearless; it triggered her outrage and outbursts and was the source of her fierce attachments...
...wouldn't let it stop him. When not singing or acting, Blades unwinds by painting watercolors ("mostly faces") or reading (George Orwell and Hunter S. Thompson). His goals include writing and directing a film set in Panama, making a documentary feature and recording an all-instrumental album. Meanwhile Blades' fearless muse is once again pointing him toward uncharted musical waters. "I already know something is brewing," he says. "Some people will be surprised." And a few more walls will come tumbling down...