Word: benign
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...predictable liberal response is that religious folks should keep their faith to themselves and learn how to talk about their values in a way that does not “impose” their personal religious beliefs on others. In principle, this could presumably be seen as a benign compromise between both sides—but in practice, this has come to manifest itself in a painfully obvious tone of condescension towards religion and religious institutions. While liberals have an almost reflexive negative response to what they perceive to be unfair assaults on their morality by religious people, they often...
...Surely any deliberate act leading to the death of a physically or mentally ill human being is morally wrong, irrespective of the life circumstances of the individual and the benign intention underlying the act. In the case of Schiavo, the immediate cause of death was the withdrawal of nutrients. Allowing her to die that way may have set a dangerous precedent and moved humanity closer to accepting euthanasia. Joe McBride Dublin...
...after the war?don't seem terribly interested in the past. While the Japanese and Chinese are arguing over, among other things, versions of their own war history, the Vietnamese are looking to the future. They have even settled their differences with the Americans, who are now viewed as benign cash-spending tourists or customers for the endless stream of sneakers and clothing churned out in factories nestled around Tan Son Nhut. It's easy to be magnanimous when you'd won the war and business is ticking over nicely...
...While these players seem increasingly drawn together on big issues, there are still little things that give them their individuality. Clinton likes to schmooze with the crowds, which produces his famed tardiness and brings a benign impatience to the always punctual Bushes. Clinton's excessive volubility sometimes drives Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice around the bend. But President George H. W. chuckles and says, "Suits me. I don't have to do any talking." All of this drew attention to the new celebrity of the ex's on the world screen. Bigger than rock stars, more influential than television anchor...
...from a scruffy Harlem elementary school to the top of the heap? Not all that far, in the benign perception of Entrepreneur Eugene Lang, 66, if you can stick with your books and show a little hustle. Before he was nine years old, Lang was doing plenty of both. Each school day he walked the two miles back and forth between his home in Manhattan and P.S. 121 in Harlem to save the nickel carfare. Along the way, he picked up extra nickels from other boys by selling checkers that he had carefully lead weighted to become lethal shooters...