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Word: compassionate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mary's version is less moralistic and straightforward. Frankenstein may err in creating the monster, but he commits a far greater wrong in repudiating the creature once he brings it to life. The catastrophic failing is not too much ambition but too little compassion.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Man-Made Monster | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

Biography has always been a demanding discipline. "It is perhaps as difficult to write a good life as to live one," said Strachey. A good biographer should combine the skills of the novelist and the detective, and add to them the patience and compassion of the priest. Few people want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Biography Comes of Age | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

Texas preacher favors conviction over compassion

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Doing It His Way | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

Her speech will also stress that the government needs to unite "compassion and values with efficient techniques," Eskew added. She will say government leaders should be both "informed populists and enlightened professionals," he said.

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Carol Bellamy to Address K-School Commencement | 6/6/1979 | See Source »

True, the couple's puppy love gets a bit too sticky (especially when Ike's own pet puppy intrudes upon the action). At one point, the hero actually tells Kay, "There are times when everyone needs affection and compassion-even a general." Thank God there is a war...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Love at War with Ike and Kay | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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