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...always been a superachiever who gets the most out of his native talents, which include a good but by no means brilliant mind and a knack for getting along with people, even those who oppose him. He is a team player par excellence; characteristically, he played the selfless position of center in football and did so well that his superjock record at the University of Michigan is now an important part of his persona, a probable political plus...
...empted it. New York's Republican-Conservative junior Senator permitted an abortive effort to win support for himself as an alternative to Ford or Reagan, thus diminishing his prime asset: an image as a non-politician who happens to be in politics. Buckley insisted his move was selfless -intended to prevent a first-ballot victory and permit delegates bound to a candidate whom they did not favor to vote their convictions on subsequent ballots. When a scant twelve delegates rallied to his tardily raised banner, Buckley withdrew to concentrate on his reelection race. Mused New York G.O.P. Chairman Richard...
Standing on one side of the controversy are the so-called "Reds," who espouse Chairman Mao Tse-tung's idea of continual revolution and selfless commitment to "serve the people," John K. Fairbank '29, Higginson Professor of History, said yesterday. Mao believes the revolution is betrayed by bureaucrats who obtain privileges and turn elitist, Fairbank added...
...cornerstone for the project in 1951 but all deliberate speed continued to prevail. The building was not actually begun until 1969. However, in 1963, Laurence Olivier was officially appointed head of the National, with the company performing at the Old Vic. Without his towering prestige and his selfless devotion of ten years of his time, it is doubtful whether the idea would have ever become a reality...
Filled with revolutionary enthusiasm, they have given themselves over to a selfless labor so that they can carry out the directives of the party and the government...Immersed in their activities, they have forgotten what it is to eat or sleep...Sixteen or eighteen-hour work days are now common. Machines don't need to rest. All they need is to be manned...