Word: compassionate
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But I protest the gratuitous poke at Betty Prashker of Doubleday, an editor of taste, skill and compassion. Editors, the best editors, do more than undangle participles and unsplit infinitives.
From the road, Kuralt sent back video short stories describing life in those patches of light: an election in which nobody ran for office, a town full of champion duck callers, a 78-year-old man who had spent 20 years building a road singlehanded, a town on the edge...
That men (and women, too, naturally) are products of their environment is a fact we should all know by now, but Burt Avedon's Ah, Men! goes into pedantic detail on the subject, using a few of his own thoughts but mostly those of a rather notable group, including Ashley...
Although that example is an extreme case, police often waver between trying to reassure assault victims and pursuing suspects. Coaxing the victim to discuss information necessary to catch assailants while keeping her calm requires time and compassion--and a lot of training.
A good colorful film resume is maker; a no $60,000 guarantor of budget a doesn't automatically confer nobility on a movie project; too many expert novelists have lost their way on Hollywood Boulevard. But Sayles has proved that his gift as a "legit" writer - that sharp, compassion...