On the other side of the political fence there are those who embrace the "fair recompense for work done" ethos; ie, what you get out of the country's pot depends on what you put in.
My parents had a real can-do ethos".
It appears to be against our "can-do" ethos.
The most popular, like Rick Warren's "Purpose-Driven Life," perfectly mirrored the can-do ethos of American success culture.
The twelve-track CD, just released on Moore's label, Ecstatic Peace!, is a hymn in 4/4 time to his indefatigable optimism and can-do ethos, which finds its way into most of what Moore and Gordon produce, together and separately.
Dubai still has big advantages over other would-be financial capitals in the Gulf: the region's best infrastructure, the most liberal and cosmopolitan environment of any Gulf state and a dynamic can-do ethos compared with that of other Arab countries.
It is the spirit of a community whose members often say that they prize their outsider status -- away, that is, from the pressures of Manhattan's art scene -- and of a make-do ethos that has led some of them to set up their own galleries.
Gondry might, however, appreciate the characters' can-do ethos - in another episode they develop their own alternative to DVD using a lawnmower and blocks of wood - and kudos should go to The Amanda Show for developing a sketch based on user-generated content before YouTube even existed.
When "Kristy's Great Idea" was published, in August of 1986, its cover featured a painting of the cute quartet and flap copy conveying the book's can-do ethos: "Having a baby-sitters club isn't easy, but Kristy and her friends aren't giving up until they get it just right!" The title quickly sold out of its initial run of thirty thousand copies then sold a hundred and twenty thousand more.
On May 11th the Law Society's hospitality company cancelled the booking, saying that the event was "contrary to our diversity policy, espousing as it does an ethos which is opposed to same-sex marriage".
They came up during a time when maybe being an individual could be perceived as a threat to the squares in the establishment -- but did that ethos have to continue throughout the rest of their lives, even well past the point that they actually became the establishment?
