Word: meekness
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...members are sexy for the same reason that those men were: they’re powerful. But despite their unapologetic musical muscle, their dominance over the stage has not a hint of brutality. It’s built from joy, righteous anger and a refusal to be meek...
...Atari-playing American-born son of Chinese immigrants, the narrator is stuck between two cultures. His repressed, hard-working parents live up to their roles as model minorities, but he doesn't want to play the part of the meek Asian kid. We see a teacher congratulating the narrator for receiving the highest marks in class, but we know the boy has just beaten up a racist classmate with a ruler. Ultimately, though, that hotel bell is inescapable, and when a health catastrophe strikes his father and destroys their finances, his family is left with nothing but the ashes...
...SPRAY When it comes to fighting off mosquitoes, it doesn't pay to be meek. DEET, the pesticide found in commercial bug sprays, is far more effective at preventing mosquito bites--for up to five hours--than are milder alternatives, including citronella and Skin-So-Soft, which fend off the critters for only 20 minutes. While early animal studies hinted at possible brain damage from overexposure, an independent study reports that DEET products, used sparingly for brief periods, are relatively safe. --By Alice Park...
Within the ranks of the College administration, Lewis has built up a vast empire of loyal subordinates—a group that one former senior tutor says is full of frightened “minions” in the Houses and “meek folk” in University Hall...
Even after the meek inherit the rest of the Earth, Afghanistan may remain reserved for warlords. Don't be fooled by high-minded discussions in the West about giving the Afghan people a broadly representative government -ethnic and tribal strongmen are carving out fiefdoms faster than you can say "Taliban retreat," and it may well be these "facts on the ground" that determine the shape of the next government...