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Word: noncompassionate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...measures that were strict but somewhat more forgiving, with three-year time limits and provisions that the able-bodied must work. It also extended the child-health-insurance program to 200,000 more children. "In my experience, when given a choice between compassion and noncompassion, Bush invariably takes the noncompassionate path," says Elliott Naishtat, a Democrat who chairs the powerful house committee on human services, which handled the welfare bills. "Punishing the kids to get the mom to cooperate is not acceptable and not compassionate. You don't have to do it that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Bush and McCain: Who Is The Real Reformer? | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

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