Word: nobler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more money in the bank than Gore, the Vice President wants weekly debates to "elevate our democracy." Even Gore's advisers admit the ploy. "Sure it's tactical," says one, "but it's also good for the country." The danger for Bradley is that his countertactics look no nobler than Gore's tactics. If Bradley really wants to improve the process, why not just say yes to Gore? Certainly Gore watchers would enjoy seeing a less rehearsed Vice President; in 1996 he was so obsessed with debate prep that he made sure the temperature in his practice room matched...
...have found nobler passions, by all means pursue them earnestly. We're all dying to be taken seriously, and it helps, of course, to have a cause, whether a living wage nocturnal reclamation or grapes. But the immediate need to feel big aside, the sincerest pose for many may be one of navel-gazing or just getting...
...light, even funny naturalism, into a more poetic and ultimately more troubling tone, never glamorized and always compelling. It's definitely more than a dismissive wave at two filles paumees, and the precise details of life on les limites (e.g. cutting out magazine pictures to sell as postcards) fuel nobler purposes. I suppose the film could lose some minutes, but, come on, cut Zonca some slack...
...seen white fans boo black boxers for not throwing enough punches. He insisted that the crowds aren't racist, just full of bloodlust. He's right. I had hoped that after the Golota bout, civilized people like me would realize this and abandon boxing for nobler pursuits. Like watching catfighting lesbians on Jerry Springer for free...
...part of the reason he can relax is that he can safely put his entire family's financial nightmares behind him. He can play for those nobler causes--team and honor--that we Americans are rich enough to have invented. Sure, Sosa was looking out for himself--trying to impress his boss--but was that really so bad? And is he really different now, or are we just more tolerant because he's delivering? Isn't humility just the moment when accomplishment outweighs cockiness...