Word: compassionate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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At first, it wasn't easy for me to take DuPont seriously. It didn't seem that a rich heir named Pierre, with tortoise-rim glasses and preppy clothes, would ooze with compassion for the poor. After all, this was a man who, during the Republican primaries, trumpeted a public...
"[The debate] brought out the strengths of each," said Joseph H. Cice '89-90, a Dukakis supporter. "Bush came across as the traditional, conservative, strength-minded candidate he is. Dukakis showed idealism, compassion, hope and concern."
Then Claire Niveau (Genevieve Bujold) comes to the Mantle fertility clinic. She is a famous actress with a healthy sexual appetite, a trifurcate cervix and the desperate yen to bear a child. Desire stirs Bev's instincts; propriety tries to tamp them down. It is a dangerous move to admit...
For weeks, pundits have advised Dukakis to push forth a few bold, new proposals in order to "define himself." No other issue better defines the stark choice we have before us in November--the choice between compassion and callousness.
Fourth, but hardly finally, we will have to make hard choices in our public care systems. We may have to conduct a national version of triage--limit how much we will spend to save one life and restrict the number of those on public assistance. If we start thinking about...