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There are students at Harvard who are unequivocally Good Workers (GWs), steadfast and true. They are the ones sighted racing through the dining halls at mealtime, glancing at their watches as they wolf down food on schedule and hurrying back to their books and computers. They are the ones the College wants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Town PAM WASSERSTEIN | 1/8/1999 | See Source »

...words of those mourners lies a hint of current attitudes toward abortion. While the desire of a majority of Americans to keep abortion legal is steadfast, it is also passive and quiet. Before too long, Slepian will join the list of doctors and their assistants killed and then buried in an unmarked media grave. Until an ad began running this week, I had forgotten about nurse Emily Lyons, maimed in the bombing of a Birmingham, Ala., clinic 10 months ago. The bomb that killed an off-duty police officer tore through the nurse's intestines, shattered her bones and ripped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Passive Majority | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...grateful to the U.S. for their steadfast support of our democracy, security and freedom," Chen said...

Author: By Carine M. Williams, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Taiwanese Official Lauds U.S. Relations | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...horrible nature of Jeffrey's murder attracted the attention of the entire country. In Massachusetts, Cellucci has been one of the defendants' most steadfast and outspoken opponents...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cambridge Recalls Murder Anniversary | 10/14/1998 | See Source »

...Platonic ideals that can never be attained in this imperfect world. American history, though, is replete with achievements that can inspire us in our attempts to bring the real world closer to the utopia we desire. The desperate courage of rangers on Omaha Beach, the steadfast faith of the Freedom Riders and the unshakable integrity of Washington are collective memories that we, as a nation, can draw upon for strength...

Author: By Gautam Mukunda, | Title: Where Did American History Go? | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

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