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...Despite writing his book and seeing it made into this intense and absurdist movie, Swofford seems only to have taken one thing away from his experiences, which is that in some way Corps values are permanently his core values, no matter what else he may do in life. A humanist might argue that there is something pathetic in that. But the best war movies-and this one, despite its being overlong and repetitive, is among them-hold that men fight (or in this case, are ready to fight) not for causes, but to survive and to help their comrades...
...Bologna may be a broad type, but one of his cultural ancestors, Duke Federico da Montefeltro (1422-1482), was also quick to anger, though once you got to know him, he would build you a palace. Like all great Renaissance men, Federico was a liberal humanist with diverse interests. He also happened to be the most accomplished military strategist in 15th century Europe, and he used his immense profits as a freelance killing machine to turn Urbino, his hometown in the Marche region on Italy's eastern coast, into the Greenwich Village of the Quattrocento, a place where architects, soldiers...
...trends and runs the show. With the market mired in thuggery, African-American consumers' could choose to: a) propagate a nasty stereotype of themselves for white kids to pin their libidinous fantasies on; b) not care; c) start patronizing the danger-free, supernice, superboring rappers at the liberal humanist fringe; or d) give...
Gawande says he wants to promote the fusion of a humanist approach and scientific training...
Hsia wrote in an e-mail that Cole’s humanist perspective, interest, and genuine efforts to understand the lives of diverse children through research, writing, and photography deeply impacted her. Indeed, Hsia credits him for introducing her to the very senses that led her to declare her journalistic calling...