Sentence examples for special ethos from inspiring English sources

Does the "I'm special" ethos turn students into rapists?

There may be few bums on seats in pews, but there are queues for the schools whose special "ethos" is called closet selection.

Hailsham, where Kathy grew up as inmate before her "promotion", is mythologised for its special ethos: a Hailsham childhood is idealised, with somewhat grotesque and faintly Dickensian sentimentality, by those who were "born" into less fortunate circumstances.

Duncan Lewis's appointment as director general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (Asio) marks the first time since the legendary Colonel Spry that a military careerist steeped in the special forces ethos has headed Australia's top intelligence agency.

"I'm not in my own land and I'm not good at things," O'Brien said of the special's ethos.

The homemade wedding gifts awaiting us that evening confirmed how special our DIY ethos had been.

Full-timers have their own special customs and ethos, including nonstop sociability and an eager readiness to help a stranger.

And though its vision of ballet means an excitingly reinvigorated view of the academic vocabulary, it proposes no special vision of the ethos of classicism itself.

The dispute was alarming because of the special nature of the Emmaus ethos, which, its proponents feel, distinguishes it from the plethora of other homelessness charities and agencies.

This press has tended to be positive as well, since fighting government regulations has a special place in the American ethos, going all the way back to throwing tea into Boston Harbor.

UBS also saw off a motion by advocacy group Ethos for a special audit to establish how a bank reputed for its solid risk management system managed to suffer $14.5 billion of investment write-downs in the last three months of 2007.