Word: calloused
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...treat patients with respect. Sure there are mental health services right upstairs, but is it too much to ask for something in between the gruff cop and the Buttsavitch? Something that is not quite the whispering receptionist for the psychiatrists on the fourth floor, and not quite the callous Urgent Care...
...front of a North Carolina state judge, who will move it along April 9. The families want to know what happened that day in Fallujah. But they also want to press their claims that Blackwater, in its zeal to exploit this unexpected market for private security men, showed a callous disregard for the safety of its employees. In the process, the case of the Fallujah Four, as some now refer to them, has stirred a nest of questions about accountability, oversight and regulations governing for-profit gunslingers in war zones...
...statement attributed to Defense Minister Lin Biao: ''Let us not exaggerate the seriousness of this situation. Many people have committed suicide or been killed. But these deaths are fewer than those incurred during the war against Japan or the Civil War, or even during natural disasters.'' These callous words made me sick with apprehension for Meiping's safety. At the beginning of my second winter at the detention house, I again developed a bad cold, which turned to bronchitis. My body shook with spasms of coughing, particularly severe during the night when the cell became extremely cold. A few nights...
...photo of marines on the cusp of adulthood, seeking warmth from a small, crude fire in Iraq, reveals the callous incompetence of the Bush Administration. While President George W. Bush and new Secretary of Defense Gates ponder which "stay the course" strategy they should select for the war in Iraq, these young men may live only slightly longer than their fire. When a President declares war, he should have the courage to fight it. Bush's cowardly refusal to reinstate the draft and put more boots on the ground has thrown Iraq into a civil war. I pray Gates...
...photo of six marines on the cusp of adulthood, seeking warmth from a small, crude fire in Iraq, reveals the callous incompetence of the Bush Administration. While President George W. Bush and new Secretary of Defense Gates ponder which "stay the course" strategy they should select for the war in Iraq, these young men may live only slightly longer than their fire. When a President declares war, he should have the courage to fight it. Bush's cowardly refusal to reinstate the draft and put more boots on the ground has thrown Iraq into a civil war. I pray Gates...