Word: legacyism
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This university acquired its name in 1638 as a result of a bequest of 400 books from John Harvard. The spread and preservation of the written word has been essential to its mission ever since, and we must not allow tough economic times to damage this legacy.
So their actions are geared more toward social rewards or their legacy than the promise of paradise in the afterlife? Yes. We in the West tend to overemphasize belief in such things as heaven, hell, the Messiah, etc. as a motivator for religious actions. The most important element, by far...
These efforts to trumpet the virtues of the French language may inadvertently decrease the allure of foreign tongues to many in France - especially among students who are made to feel they mustn't attempt to utter a word of what's often called la langue de Shakespeare until they've...
Mandela, who will be 91 this year, rarely appears in public and increasingly relies on the managers of his foundation to manage his affairs. Now they're grappling with a tricky issue: At what point does a very famous man become a private brand, a legacy to be protected? And...
For a modern entertainer who dies before his time, immortality is measured in residuals - the money from commemorative projects like this. Michael Jackson will have no resurrection - in the end, that was that - but the movie does earn him a redemptive legacy. It proves that, at the end, he was...