Word: compassioner
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The performances in Schepisi's film are almost uniformly excellent. Stockard Channing, recreating the role which she originated on Broadway, is the very image of elegance and sophistication; she adds just the right touch of humor and compassion to make her completely believable as the character won over by Paul...
Shwayder contacted Suzanne Davis, who worked for the J.M. Kaplan Fund. The foundation, in turn, enlisted the New York City police department and New York Cares, an innovative organization whose philosophy, according to executive director Kenneth Adams, is to create ways "for time-starved but civic-minded New Yorkers to...
Conventional wisdom says New Yorkers are afflicted by compassion fatigue, the dispiriting belief that since nothing will solve the problems of the poor and homeless, nothing should even be attempted. But the disease, if it exists at all, does not extend to owners of winter coats during the Christmas season...
In theory, all these pictures should be cheered. Films, even American films, needn't be only a baby sitter or a roller coaster. They can aspire to edify, to pry minds open to moral indignities around the world and in our own cranky hearts. Why can't directors aim high...
The prevailing mood is wistful. The Roses family, now secondary characters, uninterestingly prefigure what will happen to them. Indeed, only one supporting actor, Andrew Robinson, as a good but geeky prospective in-law, gets below the surface. The whole experience elicits respect for the author and compassion for his people...