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...increase the suspicion among many Muscovites that the qualities that once made their home special may be disappearing. Throughout its tumultuous past, this city always retained the atmosphere of a large smoke-filled kitchen, where people gather late at night to share and confide in an atmosphere of unselfish friendship. Muscovites rely on this "kitchen unity" as a kind of spiritual lodestar that guides them in more difficult times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moscow: City On Edge | 7/4/1994 | See Source »

...Andy is the one who loves to write letters and insists that the more reluctant to write letters and insists that the more reluctant Melissa do the same. According to Andy, letters allow him to give a part of his thoughts and feelings away completely. They are the most unselfish way to show his feelings...

Author: By Susan S. Lee, | Title: A Little Perfume With Your Return Address | 4/28/1994 | See Source »

...that Butler is particularly concerned about her own stats--she said she routinely does not know how many points she scores on a given night, and Delaney Smith described her as "the most unselfish player I have...

Author: By Mayer Bick, | Title: W. Cagers on Road | 2/18/1994 | See Source »

Rudenstine said some efforts to influencelegislation are "nearly unselfish" and frequentlyunnecessary for the good of Harvard students...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Universities Will Work For New Overlap Laws | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...Robert from Plock has been turned away, as have half of his companions. But Andrzej Zdanowski, 22, a Warsaw office clerk who has not reached the visa office, is still prepared to try his luck. "I have heard that Americans are friendly and tolerant, and one may meet an unselfish smile there," he says. Then he adds, "There are things there that don't exist here, unique things. And a man is always attracted to something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Still They Come | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

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