Word: selflessly
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...same conspiratorial breathlessness that they once brought to underground liturgies or challenging institutional rules. When the cops-and-robbers bustlings of the people around Philip Berrigan contributed to his early capture last year in a Manhattan church rectory, one weary bystander dismissed them as "lollipop revolutionaries." Yet the selfless, spartan, unattached life of priests and nuns could, in theory, make them apt revolutionaries in earnest. For that reason, although both Philip and Daniel Berrigan have been longtime proponents of optional celibacy, they nevertheless promote celibacy for anyone who wants to serve the "resistance" best...
...long and fanciful lore of U.S. sports, the popular image of the star athlete has always resembled that of a Jack Armstrong modeled in granite-a little dense, perhaps, but still a selfless wonder who would do anything for "Pop." the kindly old coach. The hero was humble, would blush when bussed by a cheerleader, and was forever uttering inspiring words like "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." For him, a big night on the town was a twin bill at the Bijou and an extra-thick malted milk. He was the All-America boy. from...
...world, that innumerable Utopian schemes have failed, that maintenance of a balance of power is critical to improving the chances for peace, that wars have been a major part of our history since recorded times, and that possibly, just possibly, the human being is not as noble and as selfless as our hand-wringing liberals have apparently assumed, I will tend to place more faith in those who have managed to survive longer in this reality of ours, all other things being equal. ROBERT A. MARTIN Culver City, Calif...
...Lucas, 56, renowned war correspondent for Scripps-Howard newspapers; of abdominal cancer; in Washington, D.C. Why always a war? someone once asked Lucas, and he replied: "It is one of the few circumstances in life I have found where the majority of people I deal with are selfless." Untiringly he accompanied servicemen through eight World War II Pacific landings, 26 months in Korea, 18 months with the French in Indochina, and then Viet Nam. Though he was known for his terse, highly personal accounts, his most memorable piece was a 1954 off-the-record interview with Douglas MacArthur, printed...
...trend which would be accelerated by a drop in the birth rate. As to vigor, when the breakthrough comes in aging research, people in their 70s and 80s should have the energy of those in their 50s and 60s today. Ideally this would produce a greater number of selfless, highly educated wisemen who could undertake complex new projects for the benefit of mankind. But few believe that it would work this way. Most observers suggest that increased longevity would only magnify today's ambiguities and uncertainties if defining the role of the elderly...