Word: selfless
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Should we define such “service” broadly, as all actions that benefit others or society, whether they are direct or not, whether they are selfless or not? Or should we define it narrowly, as only those actions that help others directly and are performed selflessly? Can meaningful distinctions be made among the myriad forms and definitions of services that Harvard students and graduates will adopt...
...Kekexili, the “last virgin wilderness in China,” a freezing, barren wasteland where comradeships are tested and the human spirit dies. “Mountain Patrol: Kekexili” discusses in disturbing yet beautiful terms the human heart’s simultaneous capacities for selfless kindness and selfish evil. In “Kekexili,” no one is innocent, and no one is guilty. Everyone bears responsibility for the destruction of man and nature. Director Chuan Lu’s touching, forceful film tells of a tightly knit band of civilians who devote...
...analysis to cryptography tools. But the most secretive item may be a trade-fair award, named after Reagan-era CIA Director William Casey, that will be given at an unannounced ceremony at an unspecified time and place. The undisclosed winner, a high-profile business exec, will be cited for "selfless dedication"--code for his unheralded aid to U.S. intelligence...
...McClellan?s predecessor, Ari Fleischer, told TIME the departure was a selfless recognition by McClellan of the importance of change. "The American people are going to give the President a second look here in his sixth year because he?s engineering these changes," Fleischer said. "That?s helpful. He needs the country to give him a second look...
...Mathematics and Science in Roxbury was granted the Black Men of Achievement Scholarship Award, which comes with a $1,000 stipend. The ABHW also presented John Hope Bryant with the Vanguard Award, a tribute presented to a distinguished black male outside the Harvard Community who is “selfless, dedicated, and service oriented,” according to Tiffanye Threadcraft ’07. Past winners have included talk show host and philanthropist Montel Williams, journalist Kevin Powell, and news broadcaster Ed Gordon. Bryant delivered a fiery keynote address, punctuated by the occasional “amen?...