Word: tireless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Liszt is the man's protean nature, which invites the common misapprehension of him as superficial. But as Walker's gripping narrative unfolds throughout the three volumes, the astounding depth as well as breadth of Liszt's legacy emerges. Yes, he was a sensualist, but it was also Liszt, tireless in his charity work, who invented the benefit concert, who realized the piano's vast potential and created the modern piano recital, who became the first modern conductor, concerned with musical lines, color and expression rather than simply beating time. As proselytizer he sped the acceptance of countless composers...
Slowly, determinedly, Reeves began to take control of his condition. His confidence began to grow. Dana remained tireless in her attention to him. Will cheered him up as he clamored over his father's chair. Matthew and Alexandra, his two children from a long relationship in England with Gae Exton, flew over to be with him, as did Exton. He grew close to his nurses, especially a man nicknamed Juice--"my beloved Juice"--who was devoted to him. Juice had a joyous nature and was exceptionally strong. "When he would grip me," says Reeve, "and I'd lean forward...
...himself to be is a decent human being--and a true visionary. What greater honor could be bestowed upon him than for the U.N. to name him as its next Secretary-General? No diplomat on the world stage has been so dedicated to the cause of peace and so tireless in pursuing the U.N.'s primary goal: the end of conflicts worldwide. BOB ADAMS Dania, Florida...
...whose success is measured by their ability to win votes. Clinton, who has been campaigning ceaselessly since junior high school, approaches politics as an obsessive host, something for this group, something for that set, an endless round of dim sum. Bob Dole, master of the Senate floor, is a tireless vote hound as well. When Dole says of legislation, as he always does, that he wants to "see how it looks" on the Senate floor, he isn't talking about the shape of a specific bill as much as its whip count. He believes in what emerges from...
...soldiers never die; they get nominated to the board of Home Shopping Network. General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, former commander in chief, U.S. Central Command, looks set to become a director of the tireless purveyor of high-quality nylon garments at its annual meeting in May. Does this mean a chance to buy Desert-Storm-in-a-Teacups...