Word: selfless
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Rand once said there is no such thing as a selfless act, and it turns out that this phenomenon is no exception. My own highly scientific, super official survey showed that a number of people abstaining from liquor were doing it to cut calories and get in shape for spring. Move over Beyoncé, Jesus has the newest diet trend to sweep the campus...
...ever let a man inside you,” she tells Lark, starting when Lark is only about nine years old. If Nonie was jealous of her sister, her story would have a little more depth. But it becomes clear that, deep down, Nonie cannot be jealous of a selfless gift (that of children)from her sister. The narrators on a whole are nauseatingly blameless, and in another novel a compelling plot would pick up the slack. However, in 250 pages, the only real plot points are a melodramatic unfurling of family lineage and a rain storm.Another syrupy note...
...believed in "sweat equity" and the "theology of enough." It took a while, however, for Millard Fuller, who died on Feb. 3 at age 74, to develop that selfless philosophy into Habitat for Humanity, which he co-founded with his wife Linda...
...made it very clear he'd made a mistake, and he took responsibility for it," Senator John Kerry said in a prepared statement. "I believe that when the smoke clears and the frenzy has ended, no one will believe that this unwitting mistake should have erased 30 years of selfless public service and remarkable legislative skill and expertise on health care...
...compete for similar goals, we assign decreasing importance to selfless acts that do not contribute directly to our place in the rat race, like charity events...