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...Shaw's heroes are men of moral passion." (English...
...soul," Fuller wrote. "He that wants it hath a maimed mind... nor is it good to converse with such as cannot be angry, and with the Caspian Sea never ebb and flow." But Fuller set up sensible rules, such as this: "Take heed of doing irrevocable acts in thy passion... Samson's hair grew again, but not his eyes." He acknowledged the disfigurement: "Had Narcissus himself seen his own face when he had been angry, he could never have fallen in love with himself...
...Indiana University's administration is all too aware of the delicate balance required to handle an issue as explosive as this. "Sports are an industry of public interest and public passion," explains Deborah Crown, professor of management at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. "Indiana University doesn't want to fall prey to doing what the public wants just because it's the popular thing to do; they want to do what's best for the university." On the bright side, after Monday's meeting and the painstaking negotiations that reportedly led up to it, Knight is now wholly responsible...
...jerky, his arms everywhere at once, his feet in the same place for only a millisecond. Then he makes the swift shot or the quick pass, or he's above the rim crashing the ball through the hoop--as he did in game three against the Raptors--with grimacing passion. If only the FedEx guy delivered with such drama...
That is the fallacy of crowds. The crowd means you have organized a lot of people. Yes, you hope to have similar numbers joining you to vote your views in November. But crowd passion (an intense, highly motivated core sample) rarely translates into proportional ballot power in general elections...