Word: stoics
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...stoic Monique M. Jordan, 27, meandered through Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport last Thursday, seeking a way out of homelessness. Far from her flooded home located in the lower Ninth Ward—one of the poorest and hardest hit areas of New Orleans—she thinks the irony of Katrina is that it will provide a route out of poverty for the downtrodden...
...city built by rumrunners and slave traders and pirates was never going to play by anyone's rules or plan for the future. So as Katrina, wicked and flirtatious, lingered in the Gulf with her eye on the town, many citizens decided they would stay, stubborn or stoic or too poor to have much choice. As for the ones packing up to go, disaster officials told them to take a look around before they left, because it might never look the same again...
Here I was dancing and partying with no inhibitions, and she looked stoic, scared she might have a wardrobe malfunction caught on the cell phone camera of a fellow clubber. When I finally decided to go home for the evening, I thanked the bouncer and stepped into...
...face of cajoling and intimidation by those who know they have been exposed. Eric Orina, Secretary-General Kenya Union of Journalists Nairobi The Spirit of Survival I agree wholeheartedly with the praise bestowed upon the British by Andrew Sullivan in his Essay "The Quiet Power of the Stoic" [July 18]. The manner in which the Brits handled the tragedy was noble and inspiring. But the response of Americans, especially New Yorkers, to the events of 9/11 was equally so. While Americans may react less stoically and with more surface passion, New Yorkers rescued others from burning buildings, went back...
...local bishop's introduction and speaks. With three months' practice at this, he no longer steps on applause lines, such as references to his predecessor and a much anticipated trip to Germany. His initial remarks are energetic, though his expression while reciting the Ave Maria prayer remains more stoic than rapturous. He implores God to stay the hand of terrorists and convert their hearts, and he intones the Angelus honoring the Incarnation. And then, after precisely 20 minutes, Benedict works the crowd a bit and heads back indoors to ... what? A first, tone-setting encyclical? The book whose existence...