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Word: humanize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Accustomed to the godlike treatment accorded surgeons, Koop was stunned by the viciousness of Washington, which has neither gods nor heroes. Every day he would go to his temporary office on the seventh floor at the Department of Health and Human Services. Every day the phone wouldn't ring. His wife, uprooted from Philadelphia, waited in their small sublet wondering whether to unpack. One day Koop returned to find tears rolling down her face, a critical newspaper article on her lap. He considered leaving, but Betty persuaded him to stay. The two had been through a lot -- long years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Doctor Prescribes Hard Truth: C. EVERETT KOOP | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

Agreeing with the charge that the school's policy analysis approach to politics was void of the humanism necessary for a public servant, he also called for a greater emphasis on ethics, values and governmental philosophy in the school's curriculum. "The principle challenge ahead will be to add those forms of education that will help government officials move beyond being mere bureaucrats and technicians to become the kinds of human beings to whom we would willingly entrust decisions that affect our lives," he wrote...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mere Rhetoric? | 4/22/1989 | See Source »

...Human beings will do anything to survive," says Tsongas. "If the economic situation deteriorates every day...people will become more and more concerned. I think if the referendum were to run now we would do very well." Tsongas believes that by 1990, public perception of the link between our nation's education system and our ability to compete in the international marketplace will be even more apparent, translating into further support for the referendum...

Author: By Steven J.S. Glick, | Title: Staking the Claim for Education | 4/22/1989 | See Source »

...casting director-roommates and their two best friends as they try to come to terms with their own male-bonding relationships and their interactions with the various women in their lives. Involving three women and four men, Hurlyburly promises to be an interesting look at social roles, humor and human interactions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arts on Campus | 4/21/1989 | See Source »

...Andrew H. Geiger said experiments using control groups were accurate but cost too much in human lives. "You can get really effective data really quickly, but you'll kill a bunch of people," said Geiger, who called himself the "token gay, white middle-class male" on the panel...

Author: By Kelly A. E. mason, | Title: Patients Discuss AIDS | 4/21/1989 | See Source »

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