Word: compassioner
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Somehow we who are young and live in this nation, 2000 years later must find a mixture of Christ's compassion and understanding, but also his clean anger, his willingness to commit his energies in a struggle on behalf of the downtrodden of this world.
"The Viet Nam debate has now run its course. The time has come for restraint and compassion. The Administration has made its case. Let all now abide by the verdict of the Congress-without recrimination or vindictiveness."
"I guess a lot of them are going to die." Vice-president Rockefeller said recently, for example, when reporters asked him what the coming weeks were likely to hold for the latest batch of Vietnamese refugees. Rockefeller's reply was a little disingenuous, since as he spoke the Vietnamese army...
For many Americans, compassion for the children serves a special purgative purpose. Said William Taylor, executive director of the Travelers Aid International Service: "I think people are responding to the feeling of responsibility that our participation in the war helped make these children orphans. Some would call it guilt." President...
Ellen Burstyn glows with womanhood and the understanding of life that comes from having weathered life's storms. Her performance has an unstrained authority and is resonant with insight. She would make a marvelous Candida if some astute producer chose to revive the Shaw classic. Grodin is a kind...