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...really have to have people that are totally unselfish," he says. "They lose their self-identity, and through the team they gain it again, if the team's successful...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Different Strokes | 11/16/1984 | See Source »

...true that Nixon chose not to avail himself of the impeachment process, but there were reasons for that beyond the shrill quality of public discourse that made a fair trial moot. Not all of those reasons, which included an unselfish belief that the country would be sundered politically, economically and emotionally by a protracted impeachment process, redound to Nixon's discredit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alexander Haig | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

...never done anything political, patriotic, or unselfish because nobody ever asked me to Kennedy asked." Peace Corps volunteer, 1962 Inscription at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library...

Author: By Beth A. Schwinn, | Title: The Right Men for the Job | 4/16/1983 | See Source »

...Will Stockdale in the play No Time for Sergeants. "I'm pretty smart on the court, if not so smart in real life," drawls Bird, hinting he is not too dumb anywhere. "He has an instinct," Cousy says, "a natural feeling for the sport, vision, long arms, unselfish attitude"-up to this point, Cousy could be describing himself-"and everything else you might want to order. He's the most innovative player." His specialty: one-time-only passes for one-time-only plays. "Did you see that off-the-shoulder job? What's the cliche-necessity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Best the Game Offers | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

...more, the controllers strike is so much in the news that the intervention of the whole labor movement would be a shot in the arm for American unions--and those trying to organize new industries. The notion of brotherhood implicit in trade unionism would be made reality, and the unselfish example would do wonders to improve labor's image, at least in the eyes of laborers...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Departures | 8/7/1981 | See Source »

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