Word: stoicism
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...enraging its employees. Just like old times. A close look at the sequence of events leading up to Curseen's and Morris's deaths reveals several points at which authorities could have recognized the risk to postal workers and taken action. But due to a tragic combination of overconfidence, stoicism, genuine confusion and fear of causing panic, those opportunities were missed. Immediately after Sept. 11, which was not as long ago as it seems, the Federal Government was roundly criticized for its failure to imagine the worst. That seems to be precisely what happened again this time...
...ultimately stronger in the face of what has happened. We will show that we have great hope for the future.” Summers understood the burden we all have endured since being shaken by Sept. 11, and he urged us on in the name of hope, not stoicism. The value he placed on each day of our lives, together with his desire to connect with the Harvard community in a spiritual setting, demonstrate the same down-to-earth humanity that he showed at the vigil...
...serves as the latest parody of the music business. And of course, Folds played the title track of his new album. Following the tradition of “Underground” and “The Battle of Who Could Care Less,” (about the boring stoicism of artsy-slackers), “Rockin’ The Suburbs” pokes fun at the “White-Boy pain” of melodramatic hardcore bands who make millions singing about the trials and tribulations of being “Male, middle-class and white...
Rather than force them into a hastily conceived decision, which we could all regret later, the American public must have the patience, faith and stoicism to see this endeavor through to the end, however long that may take...
...experience of being an Everyman - a decent, caring person in a hostile world - was essential to Charlie Brown's character, as it was to Charles Schulz's. We recognized ourselves in him - in his doomed ballgames, his deep awareness of death, his stoicism in the face of life's disasters - because he was willing to admit that just to keep on being Charlie Brown was an exhausting and painful process. "You don't know what it's like to be a barber's son," Charlie Brown tells Schroeder. He remembers how it felt to see tears running down his father...