She was an Oscar-nominated actress in the 1940s and 50s (Executive Suite, Spartacus) and she turned out to be an incredible teacher who inspired both abject fear and cult-like devotion in her students.

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Many of us do this but an entire generation is now living in fear of abject poverty because we depend so much on money.

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In Pakistan, many fear India has no intention of ever seriously discussing Kashmir, except perhaps one day to receive an abject admission of Pakistani defeat.

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