Following her Booker-shortlisted The Lighthouse, Alison Moore's artistically pleasing second novel is a sort of Midlands Death in Venice, a story of ageing and thwarted desire in which a man drifts away from his moorings into Dionysian impulses, after a lifetime spent serving the values of the humdrum contemporary community in which he lives.
Every single individual on my team has taught me something and has shown the communities we've served, the value of our work.
Versions of the third ethical position have already been proposed [ 48- 50]: they are to serve the value of consumer autonomy, for they preserve access to personal genome testing and allow for liberty of choice.
Democracy should serve the values of the state, not destroy them".
Yet we also choose to lead, because it is a privilege to serve the values that gave us birth.
My friends, we are building a new Republican majority, a majority to serve the values that have long defined our party and made our country great.
But he has also made the argument, much more clearly than in the past, that he would serve the values and interests of the middle class better than Mr. Gore would.
"We've been resolved," Mr. Miller said, returning to his mantra that the Council is determined to negotiate in good faith to agree on a budget that will best serve the "values and priorities" of New Yorkers.
They are also meant to be long lasting, so as to serve the values of securing continuity and stability in the basic framework within which the contentious affairs of law and politics are conducted.
Clearly, success in achieving a long-term goal can require showing some restraint along the way; but it is tempting to put off showing restraint and to favor a bit more indulgence over embarking on the challenging doings or omissions that will serve the valued long-term goal.
