Word: zeal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...word, for attitudes and their results, whether for good or evil, would hardly allow one to make such a statement as the above. In short, Buddhism would have us transform the world by first transforming ourselves. This is accomplished, according to Buddhist dogmatics by practicing six perfections: charity, morality, zeal in spiritual progress, patience, concentration leading to control of mind, and insight...
...servicemen, quickly expanded to give all of New York's worn, huddled and hectic masses a tension-free oasis where they could drink in the cultural delight and pellucid serenity of music. Since its inception in 1918, the Lewisohn concert series has fulfilled that function with zeal and occasional distinction. Of late, the masses seem to be flocking to the concrete-tiered stadium with somewhat less enthusiasm, and several topflight performers (Rubinstein, Isaac Stern and others) now shun it. For one thing, these and other artists are loath to face the New York critics under less than ideal conditions...
...their extraordinary zeal to get every uttered word, reporters have left many of the bigwigs bruised. A couple of years ago, when one was struck dumb by the mob scene, someone in the press corps doused him with a bucket of water. Others have had their teeth chipped by the microphones that are thrust in their faces, and there has been more than one black eye from a swinging elbow. Onetime Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida was so incensed by the reporters' aggressive questioning that he whacked one of them with his walking stick as he left his mansion...
...impasse continued, Commonwealth Secretary Duncan Sandys took over as arbitrator. Sandys' "absolute dedication and zeal," said Lee, "equaled that of any dedicated Communist I've ever had the misfortune to meet." Goading, guiding, persuading, cajoling, Sandys kept the negotiators up to the small hours of the morning for four consecutive nights. "On every occasion, we passed the time when Cinderella crumbled," said Lee. "On two occasions, we greeted the dawn...
...that. But there are 4,826 volunteers overseas now, and a buildup begins this month to increase the corps to 9,000 by next January. They will be scattered in 47 countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. In scores of small ways, through their own zeal and ingenuity, the Peace Corpsmen have made a disproportionate number of friends for the U.S. Items...