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If unemployed Norwegians are hearing bells these days, they have the state telephone company to thank. In a show of compassion for people with financial problems, Televerket has introduced a one-way telephone service that allows them to receive calls but not make them. Delinquent customers who are thus spared...
The Road to Mecca (1987). South Africa's conscience, Athol Fugard, proved his compassion is universal in this Ibsenesque conflict between a fiercely independent artist and a society justly yearning for order.
A booming voice coupled with a commanding stage presence enables Lou Ferguson to give Boesman, Lena's abusive mate, the realistic air of a man who has become numb to the pain and hardship of his life as well as to Lena's need for compassion and companionship.
AS public fear over the spread of AIDS increases, solidarity and education need to become priorities. We need to arm ourselves and our communities with knowledge, understanding, compassion and sense. The most powerful weapon against the spread of AIDS is education by every available means.
The meeting strengthened Roman Catholic officialdom's stand against advocating condom use for homosexuals or distribution of sterile needles to drug addicts, particularly in a tough opening speech by New York's John Cardinal O'Connor. Father Rocco Buttiglione of Liechtenstein's International Academy of Philosophy went so far as...