Word: nobler
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...call of the corporate world and its fat paychecks. However, with Wall Street in shambles and seniors desperately clawing for anything come graduation besides moving back into their parents’ basements, there seems to be a move away from the traditional I-Banking or consulting route toward the nobler frontier of social enterprise. Is this just a momentary fad that will fade into obscurity much like the Segway or going to class? Or is it possible that students are finally heeding Bob’s wise words...
...Slimane’s hardship grows into a narrative of the struggles of his entire family, even those on its very fringes. The strength of Kechiche’s film lies in his characters, and he literally focuses on them, using long close-up shots that emphasize both their nobler sentiments and their faults—the most visible of which are ingratitude, infidelity, and pride. The absence of overdramatized performances also helps in this regard, drawing attention to the characters’ pains and passions without amplifying them, and refusing to shy away from the harshness of reality sometimes...
...more, to do penance for the sins that made him rich. In a way, Tony is a throwback to the tycoons of yore, Rockefeller and Carnegie, who made fortunes by exploiting their workers, then tried to atone through vast philanthropies. (As if building universities and concert halls was a nobler form of payback than contributing to the widows' and orphans' fund of their late employees...
...bulk of the sludge was caricature, and some of it, especially the stuff circulating on the Internet, was scurrilous trash. But there is an immutable pedestrian reality to American politics: you have to get the social body language right if you want voters to consider the nobler reaches of your message. In his 1991 book, The Reasoning Voter, political scientist Samuel Popkin argued that most people make their choice on the basis of "low-information signaling" - that is, stupid things like whether you know how to roll a bowling ball or wear an American-flag...
...fear of being judged can serve nobler purposes. It sharpens the wit. It forces active engagement with the text. It prevents sloppy thinking. It builds character...