Word: selfless
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...Semitism in Nazi Germany. Most importantly, it insults the memory of all those who died on Sept. 11, by discouraging young women and men from fighting to avenge the terrorist attack and to prevent future one. The U.S. military, despite its flaws, remains our country’s most selfless institution and the ultimate protector of our civil liberties...
...angry rockers and folkies of the '60s and '70s had it easy: How hard was it, really, to denounce war and societal repression to an audience of kids who had less than selfless motives to want to get high, laid and not shot? Today Western popular music is aimed at largely comfortable, unrestricted youth in a country at peace. The political battlefields, more and more, are economic--class conflict, globalism, the environment. So making rebel music in some sense means attacking the pillars of your Nike-clad audience's own comfort...
...there will be time enough for such efforts in the coming days. For now, the most important work must be done by individual Americans. Emergency crews, the National Guard, medical professionals and selfless volunteers are already donating their services and risking their lives to save as many Americans as they...
...Women sometimes also experience serious hormonal shifts, which can lead to radical mood swings. There is often a very serious disconnect between what women feel after they've given birth (depressed, tired, in pain) and what women are told they're supposed to feel as new mothers (elated, joyful, selfless...
...into a bar, put the guide dog out there, and the girls just come up to you." He and his friends devised a secret handshake to let Erik know if the girl he was talking to was attractive. "Just because you're blind doesn't make you any more selfless or deep or anything. You're just like most guys, but you look for different things," Erik says. "Smooth skin, nice body, muscles?that stuff becomes more important." And the voice becomes paramount. "My wife has the most beautiful voice in the world," Erik says. Married...