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...grenade to save his buddies and the citizen who pulls a stranger from a burning car knowingly reduce their chances of survival to increase those of another. It is the willingness to risk one's life for a noble purpose that should define an act of heroism, not the instinct for self-preservation...
...loved Hadden. They had an amazing friendship. Even while he was betraying Hadden for 38 years, Luce felt fondly towards him. But at the same time, I think Luce was intensely jealous of Hadden, and because Luce had a weak ego and an extremely well-developed sense of competitive instinct, he always wondered what Hadden had thought of him and he felt uneasy, that maybe Hadden didn't respect Luce as much as he should have. And he felt dwarfed by Hadden. It's very difficult to feel that way towards someone who has passed away. At the same time...
...Labour's annual conference last week in Manchester. But its evil twin lurked close by. Delegates seemed afflicted with a cocktail of maladies that until recently were Conservative diseases: feuding, plotting, depression, exhaustion. Almost 10 years in power is a long time, and it has dulled Labour's survival instinct. Regardless of his star qualities, Blair remains in office only by having promised to leave it within a year. His Iraq-fueled fall from grace, sped by scandals and missteps, has left 70% of voters saying it's "time for a change." Last week police interviewed his political gatekeeper Ruth...
...slow to start the match as the Colonials mustered a 30-17 win in game one. The Crimson recovered in the second frame, but Robert Morris managed to eke out a 30-28 victory, taking a 2-0 match lead.Down in a hole, Harvard’s survival instinct kicked in. The Crimson cruised past the Colonials in game three, 30-20, before staving off defeat again with a tight 34-32 win in the fourth frame.“We changed the lineup a few times,” Cebron said, “and we really adapted...
...detecting illegal drugs. Lucky and Flo, who are officially owned by the MPAA, were trained for eight months in Ireland by Neil Powell, who has extensive experience working with canines on illegal substances. Powell used a classic reward system and game-playing which, coupled with the Labs' innate instinct for hunting, proved successful...