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...regrets and second guesses, it is hard to see how the answer could have been anything but yes. The foundation of the medical vocation is that the doctor is servant to the patient's will. Not always, of course. There are times when the doctor must say no. This was not such a time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Doctor's Duty | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

...movies without the usual cop-movie trappings. Rather than focus on the derring-do of cowboy police collaring bad guys, these movies look inward, exploring?often hilariously?the petty annoyances, political infighting and endless frustrations of paperwork, bureaucracy and tight budgets that come with being a public servant. Though hardly by choice, Aoshima and his colleagues spend more time tracking down stolen receipts for their expense reports, angling for better-subsidized lunches and ferrying their bosses to golf tournaments than catching crooks. Yet the Bayside movies aren't farces; they walk a tightrope between deadpan humor and serious drama. Aoshima...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime Fighters Unbound | 7/14/2003 | See Source »

...will. William sailed from his native country in 1782 for exile in England. "I must resign myself," William wrote, "for the remaining Days of my Existence to that Solitary State which is most repugnant to my Nature." The elder Franklin had raised his son to be a loyal servant of the British Crown. He had done his job too well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Son, My Enemy | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

...Seeing the governor means seeing that you can have a life as a private citizen in one phase and also be a public servant, and engage with society at another level,” she says...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Widdicombe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Governor Bridges Public, Private Gap | 6/4/2003 | See Source »

These goals are admirable, but they do not represent the entire mission of the University. The Harvard that I will remember is much more than a public servant; it is a community of scholars excited about ideas. We study, we learn and we research, not only because our work will make the world a better place to live, but also because ideas can be beautiful, because they make life worth living and because the act of creating them is a good in itself...

Author: By Robert J. Fenster, | Title: Where Are the Humanities? | 6/4/2003 | See Source »

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