Word: selfless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Eleni was beautiful and eventually outspoken, but she was not a feminist, not even a matriarch. She was a country woman, brought up to a life of ceaseless, selfless duty to men and her elders. Wedding ceremonies in Lia traditionally included a moment when the groom stamped on the bride's toes to establish his dominance; on wedding nights, brides in Lia customarily slept with their mothers-in-law rather than their husbands, as a symbolic lesson in obedience to the new clan. Eleni scarcely thought of leaving her rigid culture until it began to shatter violently around...
Senior defenseman Neil Sheehy of International Falls, Minn, and Winthrop House and senior left wing Jim Turner of Melrose, Mass, and Eliot House were named co-winners of the Cooney Weiland Award for "spirited play and selfless contribution to the total team effort." Sheehy was one of the players who made defense Harvard's strength and Turner was Harvard's fourth best scorer with 38 points...
...next question for Reagan is where to turn for the kind of dedicated and selfless work that Franklin Roosevelt won from Government agencies, the military, university scientists and private business to develop the atomic bomb. Reagan does not have the same emergency authority, nor is there the urgency of wartime. The President's proposal appeals to the heart: he is calling for a defense system that renders strategic missiles ineffective. It also appeals to common sense: his plan seems to open up pleasing vistas for arms reduction. But layman's logic often conflicts with the accepted wisdom...
Some nights he plays the role of the selfless point guard, rolling up the assists and passing up scoring opportunities. But last night the Crimson offense began to act tentative at times, and Dixon stepped in to fill the gap. He netted 12 key points, often shooting when none of his teammates seemed willing to take a chance...
Liang Shan stands as a salient example of the gap between the Chinese and the American man Like a Maoist Job, he suffers repeated indignities and hardships without losing faith. He is not a Western man with democratic ideals on whom communism has been forced Rather, he has a selfless devotion to the state personified by Mao. In this unusually impartial view of life in modern China, Liang Heng successfully expresses the strength of the communist faith as it conflicts with filial loyalty, romance love and urge for a better like. Unlike foreign visitors or disillusioned exiles, Liang Heng...