Word: selfless
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...cavalierly cast aside because of ephemeral needs and self-interests, I can assure you that the recent restoration of memorial Hall will be re-evaluated in the most uncharitable light: it will be seen as suspect, of Harvard not interested in the sacred memory of her selfless deceased but simply in her own selfish desires, in square-footage and "usable" space and not in cherished alumni, noble goals, beauty or even architectural preservation...
...jerk when deprived of his chivalric mystique), but work with what you have--which Scarlett, God knows, did. Americans get the Presidents they exert themselves to deserve. That may or may not be a good thing; it is a mistake to get prissy about it. Selflessness shades into self-righteousness. If Presidents are chosen by the exertions of selfless zealots, the process may prove dangerously unrepresentative...
...easily understand the compulsion to sustain this tremendous effort through the 21st century. "We have been given a great responsibility," says James Cuno, Director of the Museums, "as we seek to ensure the future of this outstanding institution, the accomplishments of our predecessors...require of us a selfless commitment."Crimson File PhotoVisitors take in a mere fraction of the Fogg's vast holdings...
...Jackson--or Swift Eagle, as his friends the Lakota Sioux call him--expounds his theory that in basketball "the mystery of life gets played out night after night" and suggests that the pertinent thing about the Bulls' signature triangle offense is that it "embodies the Zen Christian attitude of selfless awareness." Norris' book, The Secret Power Within, his second contribution to the Zen genre, will be out next February. In it he'll explain the personal meditation technique that helped him kick in all those faces onscreen...
Fawsley described Gomes as a selfless and strong person who has "continually given of himself as guide, as shepherd, as minister and as pastor...