Word: selfless
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...don’t know why everyone on the UC can’t just look up a couple of classes,” echoes council member Brian C. Grech ’03. “It requires a sort of a selfless sacrifice of time of half an hour. When kids are really busy it kind of falls to the wayside...
...been completely selfless and always committed to [the] support of the institution, to preserving it and making it the best in the world,” wrote Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 in an e-mail. “Every one of us here, both faculty and students, owes him a tremendous debt of gratitude for the good condition in which he is leading the University...
...President but has become a part-time surrogate for her husband, appearing on 60 Minutes, three times with Larry King, addressing the National Press Club and giving the radio address on Nov. 17, while continuing to work hard for education. Kennedy says she's devoted and selfless. "At various panels, I ask if she doesn't want to speak first and leave. Instead, she comes early, listens to everyone else and speaks last. I can't tell you how rare that kind of effort...
...Passengers of Flight 93: Knowing what had happened with the other hijacked planes, they made the selfless decision to save others from the same possible fate by taking the plane down themselves. That wasn't their job, that was their choice. - S. LeVay, Centreville...
...invaluable role of Harvard’s sixth man coming off the bench. It’s a quiet role, but one that Merchant fits perfectly, according to Prasse-Freeman—who, along with forward Sam Winter, lives with Merchant in Quincy House. Merchant, he says, is as selfless as anyone he’s ever...