Word: thingness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fearing America's violence. She was also wary of the immense pull of the hyperactive clan and the demons that came with it. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin told Jackie at Caroline's wedding how striking the closeness between her two children was, and Jackie said, "It's the best thing I've ever done...
After the cancer was diagnosed, Armstrong says, "the first thing I thought was, 'Oh, no! My career's in jeopardy!' Then they kept finding new problems, and I forgot about my career--I was more worried about making it to my next birthday. I had the same emotions when I was sick as I have as a competitive athlete. At first I was angry; [then] I felt motivated and driven to get better. And then when I knew I was getting better, I knew I was winning." His experience has made him "a better man, just like all survivors...
...replied that it was his mother who had the true genius for grace and had taught him what he needed to know. And the one thing his mother would have told him, he said with a sad look on his face, was that it would be shameless for him to give such a speech about either her or his father the President...
Instead, he asked to toast former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, an architect of America's failed war in Vietnam, to illustrate his topic. People would understand the point better if he didn't make it too personal. The important thing was to explain to folks that entering the public arena was an invitation to great sorrow but that it was a noble calling nonetheless. His toast to McNamara is reprinted below...
...toughest thing to do with a stock that's been good to you is sell and pay the tax. But unless you're a lifer, now is the time to lighten up. Already car stocks have begun to erode, slipping 16% in the past two months--amid glowing results. The market is telling us something...