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But it is impossible to embark on a broader program of eliminating economic inequalities without a wholesale rejection of the idea that people have any right to keep what they earn. We should indeed hope that people use their wealth to help the poor. We should encourage generosity and compassion...

Author: By Jason L. Steorts, | Title: The Myth of the Heartless Conservative | 5/16/2001 | See Source »

In "Arsenic and Bad Beef" [PUBLIC EYE, April 16], columnist Margaret Carlson asked, "Where's the compassion that was supposed to go with Bush's conservatism?" Good question. Bush and his rapacious followers are doing their best to reverse years of hard-fought progressive measures designed to protect people and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 7, 2001 | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

Malone, 52, takes the Royal College of Nursing's top job in June, bringing American panache and Clinton-era compassion to the dowdy British trade union. Some critics objected to the choice of a Yank, but no one doubts her credentials. She has led the American Nurses Association and was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People to watch in international business | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

Although written out of order and years apart, the plays form a natural, powerful chronological progression. Since the later periods were penned first, as fast-moving historical epics with little of the care for individual characters that the mature Shakespeare later lavished on the prequels, the effect is of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Scepter'd Aisle | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

The words and actions of Commander Scott Waddle in the aftermath of the tragic collision between his submarine and the Japanese fishing vessel [NATION, April 2] reveal a man of great character, commitment and compassion--attributes that should be embraced by all officers of our armed forces. The Navy admirals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 23, 2001 | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

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