Word: selflessness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Israel was founded on idealism and raised on a selfless morality. Why then has it suddenly become infected by materialistic scandals similar to those in larger and older nations from which less purity of purpose is expected? The theories range from the cupidity that is inevitable in a long-entrenched government to Israel's "clan mentality" that blurs the dividing line between public purse and private pocket. Knesset Member Shmuel Tamir also points out, "We have people in charge of budgets with hundreds of thousands of Israeli pounds who receive very small salaries, hardly enough for the average...
This is the time for selfless charity...
...country into the Philippines and, half a century later, into Vietnam. But Carter's call appears actually to be for a country that is great because is feeds and educates its poor, because its people are not divided into white and black, and because its power is used for selfless purposes abroad...
...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...