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...possible to save everybody in the world," says Dr. Jean-Louis Menciere, a French anesthesiologist working in Sri Lanka, "but to do something about it is better than doing nothing." As more and more people become committed to the idea that, as Bernard Kouchner puts it, "mankind's suffering belongs to all men," the day may not be far off when there will be a substantial pool of medical personnel at the ready, prepared to alleviate pain and promote better health, wherever the need exists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Operating In Danger Zones | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...finest hour," F.D.R.'s pragmatic idealism giving hope and jobs to Depression-ridden Americans. Now, more than ever, the world needs leaders who can inspire their fellow citizens with a fiery sense of mission, not a nationalistic or military campaign but a universal crusade to save the planet. Unless mankind embraces that cause totally, and without delay, it may have no alternative to the bang of nuclear holocaust or the whimper of slow extinction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planet Of The Year: What on EARTH Are We Doing? | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...before -- but also the way they fit together in a world forum to transcend the ideological dogmas that have driven Soviet foreign policy for 70 years. With his metal- rimmed glasses glinting in the lights of the General Assembly's green marble dais, Gorbachev praised the "tremendous impetus to mankind's progress" that came from the French and Russian revolutions. "But," he added -- and a listener should always lean forward when Gorbachev begins a sentence with that conjunction -- "today we face a different world, for which we must seek a different road to the future." Marat may have been bemused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gorbachev Challenge | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

...program in space exploration is scientifically valuable, but the propaganda value of Americans boldly going forth in the service of all mankind is no longer really necessary, since the ideological failings of communism now seem obvious to even the Chinese and Soviets themselves. Pure research, "for all people" is best conducted together with as many nations as have the resources to participate. Our allies are ideal partners in this effort, and larger missions like a Mars landing--if they are attempted at all--naturally suggest cooperation with the Soviet Union...

Author: By Charles N.W. Keckler, | Title: Blasting Into a New Age | 12/10/1988 | See Source »

...past 30 years, we have proved that ours is the first generation to be able to bring the benefits of progress to all mankind," the executive director, James P. Grant said. "If it's possible, then it does become unconscienable that you don't bring it about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.N. Official: Share the Wealth | 10/15/1988 | See Source »

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