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Descriptions like "unselfish" and "committed" are constantly echoed by Young's teammates. He is a leader who seems perfect for Harvard hockey, perfect for a championship team...

Author: By Christine Dimino, | Title: Playing in Front of the Home Crowd | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

...definitely follows a team concept," Ciavaglia says. "He's very unselfish...

Author: By Christine Dimino, | Title: Playing in Front of the Home Crowd | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

Johnston is an unselfish player who emphasizes finesse over force. From her first game in a Crimson uniform, she has established herself as a talent...

Author: By Hank Hudepohl, | Title: Leading the Women Booters With Class | 10/12/1989 | See Source »

...that sounds more whimsical than it is. Scientists have found that certain actions have a feedback effect on the actor. Smilers actually feel happier; debaters become enamored of their own arguments; a good salesman sells himself first. You become what you pretend to be. We can pretend to be unselfish and connected to the earth. We can pretend that 30- ft.-long, black-tinted-glass, air-conditioned limos are unfashionable because we know that real men don't need air conditioning. We can pretend that we believe it is wrong to loot the earth for the benefit of a single...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Fear in A Handful of Numbers | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

...show, Bunthorne is not the only one suffering from love unrequited. Patience laments her lost childhood sweetheart, irresistibly beautiful rival poet, Archibald the All-Right (Douglas Freeman), who just happens to cruise onstage. Although Archibald loves her fiercely, Patience must reject him because she believes love must be entirely unselfish. For their part, the soldiers lust after all the ladies, who have abandoned the boastful Bunthorne to pine away over consummately cool Archibald. Poor Bunthorne's one remaining admirer is the one woman he can't stand--the plain Lady Jane, brilliantly portrayed as an obnoxious pseudo-intellectual groupie...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Ginsberg and Sullivan | 12/11/1987 | See Source »

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