Word: succor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cancer that is destroying those it should succor and threatening society itself." That is how California Governor Ronald Reagan described welfare in 1971. He has been waging war on that system of public support ever since. Now, as President, Reagan wants to eliminate the "legitimate fraud" of people who, he says, are fit to work but who qualify for the dole. His solution: workfare, a program in which able-bodied welfare recipients take community public service jobs to repay part of the value of their benefits...
...contrast, Felicitas refuses to subordinate herself to any father figure, including the Almighty. "I will not look to God for comfort, or for succor, or for sweetness," she declares. "God will have to meet me on the high ground of reason, and there He's a poor contender." With such ideas, this Catholic woman could be a hero in a Jewish novel...
...sell malpractice protection policies to churches. The result may be baneful, especially for clergy most active in helping deeply troubled people. Just as medical doctors have grown leary of dealing with accident victims in certain circumstances, clergymen are likely to begin worrying about the legal risk of bringing spiritual succor. Says the Rev. Clifford Riis of Charleston, S.C.: "You hear about people collecting fortunes for almost any complaint. I began thinking about the possibility that I might be sued and I became cautious, especially with the people who came in off the street. I'll tell you, that doesn...
...modern godhead of the self. He is off on a perilous trip down through the memory of the race, and his only connection to reality is the umbilical cord of his need and, finally, his love for Emily. He often curls naked into her side as if wounded, seeking succor, reliving the Pieta. Again and again, Eddie dies and is reborn; each time he finds the action frightening, and "supremely satisfying." At the end, the couple fuse and are redeemed through the power of love. Altered States opens in New York and Los Angeles on Christmas...