Word: saviorism
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Labraccio wants to be everyone's personal savior, and in this film, he fares pretty well for himself. Nelson calls him a remarkably talented doctor, and Labraccio is blessed with healing hands. For reasons the audience does not understand, he administers more effective CPR than the other students. But unlike Nelson, Labraccio does not limit his healing powers to "the physical sciences." He is paternalistic and solicitous, especially of the lovely Rachel Mannus (Julia Roberts...
...would eventually be selected as part of the development corridor leading to the airport. "Despite all the millions of profits they were showing on paper, M.D.C. and Silverado had been running on empty for a long time, and they looked at potential profits from the new airport as a savior," says a former key employee of M.D.C.'s housing...
...most astounding and disgraceful paradoxes about Harvard is that a quite frankly second-rate president, John F. Kennedy '40, has a whole graduate school named after him, while Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, arguably the savior of Western civilization, goes unrecognized here, save for a portrait on the second floor of the Union...
...announcement, even claiming on a TV show that he had not made a decision to run for President. "I just want to provoke a discussion to accelerate reforms," he said. But the backtracking only prompted many Poles to wonder whether Walesa had been transformed from the country's savior to an ambitious political spoiler...
...Eastern Europe breaks free of Moscow's grip and the Soviet Union enjoys unprecedented openness, the espionage world is undergoing its own changes. -- A mistimed bid for the presidency leaves Poles wondering if Walesa is still a savior, or just an ambitious political spoiler. -- A hunger for independence in Soviet Georgia. -- Peru's surprising election...