He then desired that I would furnish him with a list of the names of persons I knew by experience to be generous and public-spirited.

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And given how many people get viruses from their friends, it might also be seen as public-spirited for individuals to get protection before they make a connection.

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He said public-spirited citizens can be dissuaded from politics if they are first required to make donations to party bosses, diminishing the pool of top candidates.

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Incredibly, Democratic members of Congress yesterday first used a backroom conference committee and then actually voted in the U.S. Senate to allow alert, public-spirited Americans to be subjected to harassing and potentially devastatingly expensive lawsuits for helping law-enforcement authorities counter possible terrorist activities by reporting suspicious behavior.

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Some public-spirited hackers are believed to be working on the necessary software, which altruistic peers will be able to install on their machines to stop leeching.

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Embattled McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) said today that it is testing health food-style "happy meals" for adults at 150 Indiana locations, under what appears to be a spirited effort to convince the public that it is the solution--and not the cause--of the obesity crisis in the United States.

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For that matter, there's a bunch of public-spirited investment bankers with no conflicts of interest over TARP who would be glad to help out.

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