Word: compassion
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...poor kids under his bill. If you had a President who just didn't get it, that's one thing. But his willingness to sign a welfare bill that he knew was high-stakes gambling with the lives and futures of our poorest children showed that the moral compass wasn't there. And that's linked to the other defining moment, dragging us through Monica, which also happened because the moral compass wasn't there. The problem was not having an affair. From a religious point of view, people make mistakes. Jesus was very forgiving of people's mistakes...
What you discover in Annan's job fairly quickly is that a moral compass is not enough for you to find your way. You are moving too fast, in what he has called "the race to stop the killing." The job requires more than a sense of right and wrong; it also demands a special kind of diplomatic telemetry. It requires faith. You are sitting across from Milosevic. He is prattling on in his wonderful English and recalling his days as a banker in New York, asking whether certain restaurants are still open. He has just finished meeting with...
...huge recall is scheduled to begin in the South and take up to 18 months to complete nationwide. But nervous motorists from all points of the compass have flooded Ford and Firestone dealerships with requests-cum-demands for new tires, immediately. Many will be turned away, at least for now, until production gears up. Meanwhile, Ford and Firestone issued conflicting instructions for inflating the recalled tires. While Ford recommended a pressure of 26-to-30 p.s.i., Firestone insisted on 30 p.s.i. "It just burns you up," says Sue Gorski, a Chicago dental assistant who drives a '98 Explorer. "It feels...
...began the bizarre reign of Indonesia's fourth President, a man so contradictory that even his closest aides say they cannot understand him half the time. With one foot in the traditional world of Javanese mysticism and the other in the modern world of globalization, Wahid has an internal compass that spins wildly in all directions. He knows the Koran by heart and can also discuss German soccer players with Chancellor Gerhard Schroder. He tells risque jokes to his "friend" Bill Clinton and then pays court to Fidel Castro and Muammar Gaddafi. Of more concern, he is fickle in matters...
...thing the album lacks--other than, of course, a moral compass--is great beats. Eminem is a protege of master rap producer Dr. Dre (who serves as executive producer), but the songs showcase Eminem's lyrics more than Dre's studio skills. Dancing to this album would be like dancing to a Lenny Bruce routine. The CD also gets old quickly: Who wants to hear the same joke told five times...