Word: spirits
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...applaud Rogers’ spirit, but if Hornsby were alive today, I’m sure we’d find him not looking out his window, but feverishly checking ESPN.com to determine what prospects his Cardinals had given up in exchange for ace lefty Mark Mulder...
...check the operation of a vague generality under fire, take the typical example, “Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme.” The question is asked, “Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?” Our hero replies by opening his essay with, “David Hume, the great Scottish philosopher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If these be the spirit of the age in which he lived, then he was representative of it.” This generality expert...
...first contest Du had missed in his Harvard career—last season, he led his freshman class with a 6-4-10 line and earned the team’s George Percy Award, given “to a member of the freshman class for enthusiasm, sportsmanship, team spirit and loyalty...
...explore the region north of zero, to look at what actively made people feel fulfilled, engaged and meaningfully happy. Mental health, he reasoned, should be more than the absence of mental illness. It should be something akin to a vibrant and muscular fitness of the human mind and spirit...
...positive side, religious faith seems to genuinely lift the spirit, though it's tough to tell whether it's the God part or the community aspect that does the heavy lifting. Friends? A giant yes. A 2002 study conducted at the University of Illinois by Diener and Seligman found that the most salient characteristics shared by the 10% of students with the highest levels of happiness and the fewest signs of depression were their strong ties to friends and family and commitment to spending time with them. "Word needs to be spread," concludes Diener. "It is important to work...