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...sequence too fantastic to be revealed here-a sequence made all the more breath-taking by the beautifully staged chemistry between Gowl and Gambuto. Was the pathetic selfishness of Bunny, Artie, Ronnie and the other characters what we really wish to define as normal and sane, and was Bananas' selfless devotion completely crazy? Each production-in truth each performance-could have posed this question differently and played with it to many extremes, but one leaves the theater feeling fortunate to have witnessed the brilliant interpretation of this particular cast and crew...
...five years. In the Senate, he worked tirelessly on the Clean Air Act, the Iran-Contra affair and health care legislation. Most importantly, Mitchell was a prominent mediator and architect of the Good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland. His efforts in this area have shown him to be a selfless public servant dedicated to peaceful resolution of the most prickly international issues. "[Mitchell] makes it a special ticket," said Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who has attempted to enlist other mayors in the push to promote Mitchell...
Jackson's interest in Eastern thought and Native American mysticism (hence Sacred Hoops) increasingly informed his approach to coaching. Drawing from Buddhism, he speaks often of rejecting selfishness and egotism. In winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls, he emphasized selfless movement without the ball in a pattern known as the triangle offense. The triangle forced defenses to stretch, to cover everyone, everywhere--and that left the opposing team vulnerable to Michael Jordan...
...cover for them. In short, Burkett's parents behave like a bunch of badly brought-up brats. Childless adults, as she represents them, are mature, sensible--and exquisitely patient. Therein lies the chief weakness of this provocative book: a bifurcation of the human race into the selfish and the selfless, the latter being those without children. The dichotomy is so sharp as to undermine Burkett's argument that pervasive pro-family policies in government and industry unfairly profit parents at the expense of the childless...
...will remember Navin as a friend and as a decent, strong and selfless person, who truly made the most of the time...