Word: selfless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were created by one God and that everyone is entitled to worship God in the way that he considers appropriate." The shah finished his message to a class embittered by Vietnam with a dose of idealism. He called for the graduates to devote some part of their lives to selfless human services and to live with high ideals and--perhaps more relevant today--holy purpose...
That is high praise indeed from a player who remembers the nightly sacrifice under the boards of Bill Russell, the hustle of John Havlicek and the selfless playmaking of Sam Jones. General Manager Red Auerbach, who built those great teams, also remembers, and the memory rankles: "I was disgusted by what we had become. We made up our minds that we were going to get the right chemistry whether or not we could get ability...
Then came the years attached to Army units on Indian border duty. During the skirmishes, he came to learn about bravery and endurance and to watch boys suffer terrible deaths. For the rest of his life, he felt that the U.S. soldier, at his courageous, selfless best, was the noblest creature he had ever known. This leads to some scathingly bitter comments on Congress. Remington's invective cuts deep, since it is untempered with any of Mark Twain's or Will Rogers' humor. At one point he says, "Politicians ... men who will conserve their own well-being...
...happier times and the certainty of loss. Director William Prosser makes sensitive contact with the inner spirit of the play, and, considering that the company is a mix of amateurs and professionals, the result is creditable. The indisputable triumph belongs to the citizens of Key West, who gave selfless hours and years of effort to build this arts center and who will now be repaid in something sweeter than sweat or money...