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She could, for a while, throw herself into a high-minded endeavor, but she lacked the discipline to see it through.

For it to leave the field is to invite pupils to appropriate the values of less high-minded elements and institutions in society.

Thebest friend is high-minded, let us understand suddenly how much value oneself have on earth.

The company has also come in for ethical criticism, which must be particularly irksome to its high-minded founders.

The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them.

Attributing to her high- minded personality, I've grown into a fine young person, coming up to her expectations.

The high-minded respect, calmness, even the gentle reverence with which we offer tribute, is related to artificial aspects.

This conclusion is premature. Those who consider Mr Obama too high-minded to save himself cannot have been paying attention.

The high-minded tactic is the White House's redoubling of efforts to address the concerns of Americans directly.

he was consistently high-minded but conventional, and untouched by the religious and social struggles that disturbed his contemporaries.

In this sense, this book is incredibly high minded, revealing his nobility and intellectual commitments to truth.

Such behavior is inconsistent with heR high-minded principles.

Inevitably, impatience will also overwhelm whatever high-minded arguments we might make in favor of the well-being of future generations.

To describe the plays as telling the story of the American black experience is true, but it sounds too high-minded.

Google's first online outburst against its Chinese hosts was a stern and high-minded rebuke of state censorship.

For almost a century after that war, high-minded persons, including Dr. Sun Yat-sen, tried to find ways to save China.

Pats on the back all around for everyone. High minded speeches from team leaders, project sponsors, and various excited client participants.

Mr Stitzer is an American lawyer who has more in common with Irene Rosenfeld, Kraft's boss, than with the firm's high-minded founders.

Under Mr Annan, the UN proclaimed a new high-minded "responsibility to protect" ; but in Darfur the raping and killing continue unabated.

High-minded young people also want to work for companies with a decent ethical reputation.

At its core is the philosophy and practice of moral principles, high-minded values, and selfless service.

But if the 99. 95 per cent chance proves right, high-minded resistance to fear is correct in the long term.

Perhaps what Africa needs, she notes, is a reliable commercial partner, not a high-minded scold.

Divine fellowship is never vouchsafed to haughty, high minded sinners.

Even high -minded Western initiatives now arouse suspicion.

The high-minded attacks on corruption in Muslim states from London and Washington is futile.

You are socially conscious and work well with high-minded groups with strong humanitarian ideals.

The line between high-minded and low-road journalism has all but vanished.

Such high-minded principle has fallen victim to recession.

Not only are your mental images high-minded and pure, they're also impossible to send to me via telepathy.

It is a nice, high-minded idea to join an English club, a way to make friends and practice your English.

Of course, not everything people care about is a high-minded project.

The people of this town are very high-minded citizens.

Instead of a high-minded victory, they have witnessed a debacle.

In this case, I mean the high-minded part literally.

We must send wise men and monks, who have a high-minded kind nature, to spend just as many nights outside the elephant shed.

There are some less high-minded reasons for the United States to show some respect for this Olympic endeavor.

professing or exhibiting a strict , traditional sense of virtue and morality ; high - minded

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thirdly, to magnanimity, which means to foster, in our students, a global vision and high-minded respect for diverse cultures;

no use asking alcoholics to make high-minded oaths forswearing drinking

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