Word: oneself
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only" a $50 prize, this contest appears to differ drastically from those run by various companies in one very important way. For those resume contests, we had to use real resumes. But here, it would seem, one may not only edit and amplify, but entirely refashion oneself, creating a new identity for the contest alone. Tired of your dull laundry list of menial work-study jobs with inflated titles? Just turn yourself into John Adams, Class of 1755: "Built foundation of new government to alter national consciousness." Or Henry David Thoreau, Class of 1837: "Built and inhabited isolated cabin...
...have that kind of event in honor of oneself is mind-blowing," Chayes said...
This quest to redeem oneself salvages success for both the Shark and the Sox. The tome of sports is long and contains many disappointing plot twists, but I'm glad there's something to read on the next page...
This quest to redeem oneself salvages success for both the Shark and the Sox. The tome of sports is long and contains many disappointing plot twists, but I'm glad there's something to read on the next page...
...wanting to make a big deal is very often just a mask for not being willing to put oneself and one's privilege on the line for the good of a larger community. But it is that same sacrifice by others that allows us to make the choice of silence. What we do in our bedrooms is private only because others made what they did public, and it is from their sacrifices that our moral obligation arises...