Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There were many similar instances of unbelievable devotion and guts from the most unlikely people. But in the end I couldn't help feeling that there was something mock-heroic about it all. When a large group of demonstrators broke through a line of guards, a cheer went up which should have been announcing the storming of the ramparts, the coming of the revolution. Nothing so grand as that, it was, perhaps, the cry of a neglected child who knows that he won't be heard, or if heard will go unheeded...
There were many similar instances of unbelievable devotion and guts from the most unlikely people. But in the end I couldn't help feeling that there was something mock-heroic about it all. When a large group of demonstrators broke through a line of guards, a cheer went up which should have been announcing the storming so grand as that, it was, perhaps, the cry of a neglected child who knows that he won't be heard, or if heard will go unheeded...
This weekend in Washington several hundred American citizens were beaten, tear-gassed, and incarcerated by officials and soldiers whose salaries they help pay. It was the bloodiest clash in the nation's capital since General MacArthur's troops routed the Bonus Army at Anacostia Flats...
...through while I was with Baird. "I'm not enthusiastic about abortions." Baird told me. "What I would like to do is make sure abortions don't have to happen, by making contraceptives available to those who want them. In the meantime, I can refer people who ask my help to competent doctors. Of course, what I'm doing is a serious state offense, but these folks need someone...
...paced across the room. "You see, here I am helping others and no one is helping me. Sure, I know these people are behind me, but they're so far behind I can't see them. And you know, many folks think I'll get ten years in prison for what I have done. I'm trying to help humanity and I'm getting crucified...