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Because the baser tendency of self-centeredness is a trait to be overcome by the greater jihad, one who engages in this jihad is concerned not only with perfecting himself, but also with perfecting the world. Just as one must wage jihad to mold oneself into a form with which God would be pleased, one must also wage jihad to mold the world into such a form. Islamic scholar Mahmud Taleqani says that in religious texts, “the term jihad is always attached to the locution ‘fi sabil ilah...
There aren’t many places where a weak, lanky Jew boy whose defining athletic trait is the difficulty he has lifting his arms over his head can live out dreams of football stardom he never even imagined he had. But in the topsy-turvy world of Scottish-American football, anything can happen (that’s American football--—where there are quarterbacks, not goalies-—played in Scotland...
...argued with him for 20 years,” said his brother, Jim Litinksy. “He is an incredible thinker. He goes into the room more prepared than anyone else. That’s a trait of really successful people...
Olivarez learned that intellect is not the most important trait on screen during her stint as soap opera intern. “What it comes down to is charisma because they don’t want someone who’s boring, no matter how smart they are,” she said...
...only they had broadcast on television Summers’ reaction to my asking him the question about Kerry’s sexiest trait. Maybe then the conventions could wrangle more than an hour a night of coverage from NBC, since his reaction— highlighted by a look of horror when informed that James Carville’s answer had been Kerry’s wife—deserved a several-minute montage in itself...