Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...know that through this award you are not so much recognizing any individual achievement but rather are paying tribute to the struggles and achievements of the South African people as a whole. I humbly accept the award in that spirit, while at the same time wishing you to know that we are not unaware of nor unmoved by the great compliment you pay us by conferring this degree at a specially convened Convocation...
...their part, U.S. officials fear that Japan?s stonewalling may be a reflection of real disarray in the Obuchi government. If the trend continues, then Japan cannot expect Washington?s spirit of camaraderie to last for long...
Noting Harvard students' frequent failure to "connect our theoretical knowledge to our obligation to care for those whose needs we have forgotten," former Undergraduate Council President Lamelle D. Rawlins '99 said Annan "has embodied the spirit of active involvement that we should all aspire...
...greatest qualities is his serenity, the sense of dignity under incredible turmoil and strife," says Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, who has worked with Mandela. "During all his years of captivity they never broke his spirit...
Robert Hughes masterfully captures the spirit of motorcycling in his review of the museum exhibit of the big cycles in New York City [ART, Aug. 17]. As a 43-year-old emergency-department physician, I took a giant leap six years ago and made the transition from piecing bikers back together to straddling my own BMW R1100 roadster. These wonderful machines offer an escape for the soul and spirit, a place to relish life's victories and reconcile its defeats. But Hughes is correct: you'll have little use for one "unless you are prepared to go somewhat...