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...times obey the Party" and "cannot concentrate power in a few individuals." Chi then praised Deng for his quick resignation as head of the military in 1989: "He just said 'bye-bye,' picked up his briefcase and left." This, wrote Chi, showed that Deng was a "truly selfless man, a man who considered the overall picture." That sounded like a message to Jiang. Taken together with the stadium cancellations, those messages seem to be getting more frequent, and louder...
...doctrine, an occasion of sin. The Catholic Legion of Decency was more notable for proscribing movies than promoting them. Some of the sterner Christian sects forbade filmgoing. And that was when Hollywood still produced religious films, from uplifting tales of jolly priests (Bing Crosby in Going My Way) and selfless sisters (Audrey Hepburn in The Nun's Story) to outright miracle plays like The Song of Bernadette, with Jennifer Jones as a French girl who had a vision at Lourdes...
...only the coach. "It was very difficult for him to give up that control," says Brown's brother Herb, 67, a Pistons assistant. At the same time, Dumars wasn't about to cede authority, because he had built the team in his own image as a player--tough and selfless. When he became GM in 2000, Dumars brought a team philosophy to Detroit, but he didn't have much of a team to work with. The players he brought in were misfits elsewhere, but they fit perfectly in Motown. Dumars picked up big, Afroed Ben Wallace from the Magic...
Taking the helm of the College at such a troubled time was a selfless gesture on Dunlop’s part, said former University President Derek Bok, as he was not fond of administrative duties...
...Crimson was humbled in an emotional 3-2 bout at Dartmouth that saw Ruggiero receive a game misconduct late in the second period. The incident, however, had a rally effect on the team, highlighted by the selfless play of sophomore Julie Chu, who switched to defenseman in Ruggiero’s absence. Harvard staged a third period comeback before ultimately falling to the Big Green...