Word: virtuouse
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...stressing efficiency and the value of time, the philosophy of virtuous impatience affords one the time to exercise discretion. Guided by patience, we too often finds ourselves in circumstances which unnecessarily consume our time. Human nature is prone to laziness. Were we to live by the virtue of impatience, we would temper our laziness sufficiently to allow for the completion of our tasks and the enjoyment of all those idle pleasures we hold dear...
Apparently, Molinari didn't know that the first time she was asked about marijuana, in 1992. She said she'd never smoked pot, leaving herself open to being nailed later for lying. Now she understands the drill. When she followed the prescribed script, she instantly became virtuous enough to open the convention. There were no complaints, even from those militant Christian-morality monitors I have come to think of as the Khomeini wing of the Republican Party. Dole and I went back to our Scotches...
...world, Bill Clinton said after the Atlanta bomb. It has certainly never been a risk-free country. Risk, in fact, is supposed to be the official American game. The American story has always been able to accommodate the irreconcilable narrative lines of 1) considerable American violence and 2) the virtuous American exemption from terror and such "foreign" evils...
...succeed is a sustained, company-wide commitment to a model that links many of these practices. He adds, "If firms do these kinds of things, they will get an economic return for their investment and a higher quality work force that is more loyal and productive. It is a virtuous cycle...
...Deedee's boyfriend Nader (Andrew Pitcher '97) treat women, the audience is left with the impression that Arab-American men, with few exceptions, are evil: they only want sex from women and yet demand that all Arab women be virgins at marriage. The younger Tarik is seemingly virtuous, but his occasional sexist, over-bearing outbursts in both the past and present prove he should be guilty by association...