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...weeks ago, in Littleton, Colo., Hillary gave a touching, eloquent speech to Columbine students. It was the First Lady at her best. There are more of those to give, more causes to pursue, more crises to smooth over and more sunsets to watch from the Truman Balcony. It is generous of her to give up the wealth that awaits her after the White House for the chance to answer Trent Lott's quorum calls. But there are other ways to serve. If nothing else, before making up her mind, she should try out the middle seat on the Delta Shuttle...
Characters in the "Star Wars" universe are not as simple as they seem, however. Anakin Skywalker, promising and generous child, falls so far into the Dark Side that he emerges as Darth Vader, the most evil of all. Yet, even he is redeemed at the very end--by love. Luke's quiet and unflinching faith in him helps him to remember that he has a son. This event, at the end of "Return of the Jedi," is surely one of the greatest moments of redemption ever filmed...
...result from the undertaking, he notes, was the expression of good will and good nature that emerged from everyone connected to the search. "No less a person than Edmund Hillary said he was willing to accept the possibility that Mallory got there first," says Kluger. "That was a generous statement from the person who would be surrendering his place in the pantheon of explorers." Hillary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay, were the first to successfully reach Everest?s peak in 1953. Team members expressed the hope to return another time to search for Irvine and the camera. Before leaving Mallory, they...
Certainly, Summers has the intellectual rigor to succeed Rubin. He is often described as being the smartest guy in the room--and generous enough to let you know it. Rubin, on the other hand, may actually have been the smartest guy in the room without letting anyone else know it. And right there is the difference between an academic and a bond trader...
Customers walking into the Mass. Ave. store face the seasonal aisle, with a generous selection of sunblock, picnic ware, bug repellent and jelly sandals...