Word: passion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...neither Arab nor Jew," he writes. "By culture and creed, I should suffer neither pain nor passion over the causes and battles that entangle the two peoples. And yet...I cannot help caring." What led him to care was "the human dimension" of the Arab-Israeli conflict: "The question of how Arab and Jew saw each other began to emerge as...the target of my search for understanding...
Just ask Mike Curtis, one of the idea's originators, whose biggest passion in life is ice cream. "To give ice cream up that long is a great sacrifice," he said. "I have to resist make your own sundae and oreo ice cream all the time. I haven't had one ounce in six weeks...
...have never found either of them anything but accessible and eager to share their passion for a very important field. By forcing me to organize my thoughts as I synthesized material, both of these teachers made me a better writer; by making me consider the interrelation of historical events, both made me a better thinker. At many universities, these are considered sufficient goals for the course of an entire education, but Harvard asks for more. Thanks to committed teachers like Mr. Brinkley and Mr. Lee, it is able to expect that students can and will meet these expectations...
...frightened Ruby Blankenship to death. There is Grandpa, who can water-ski 40 miles and carries a 90-lb. cross through town every Good Friday. Conroy can be shameless in his extravagances of language and plot, yet he consistently conveys two fundamental emotions: the attachment to place and the passion for blood ties...
...dedication day. Wishing Carter a happy birthday, Reagan, 75, grinned as he assured him, "Life begins at 70." He complimented the onetime Georgia Governor for his civil rights leadership in the South and handed him a verbal bouquet, a thank-you for "gracing the White House with your passion and intellect and commitment." In turn, Carter thanked his successor for his "generous, gracious and thoughtful" remarks. The warmth Reagan conveyed in his speech, added Carter, made him understand "more clearly than I have ever before in my life why you won in November 1980 and I lost...