Word: compassioner
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Sir / It is difficult to understand President Nixon's stand on amnesty [Feb. 5]. He seems quite willing to forgive our "enemy, North Viet Nam, and possibly provide financial aid. However, he is unable to offer this same compassion to our own sons by following the time-honored tradition...
Albeit he is a recalcitrant victim in the goldfish-bowl prison in which the world has placed him, compassion toward him, especially in view of his unobtrusive and unending stream of charitable acts, might help alleviate the weight of his ponderous burden.
Yet despite such opposition, the moral obligation of the U.S. seems clear. Much of the destruction and refugee dislocation was caused by U.S. bombs -and the cease-fire agreement commits the U.S. to pay. Besides, the precedent of American postwar compassion is plain: A nation willing to help rebuild Germany...
SO WHAT SAVES this production? Its comedy, for one thing. Although the play has tragic elements--in a surprise ending, for example, Henry IV stabs his former rival--the comic aspects come through most clearly, and the final impression is certainly not one of sadness. Much of the humor is...
Karin, on the other hand, cries out silently. Her soul is mortified. She has questioned the meanings behind her surroundings and come up with negative answers, and this has--perhaps temporarily--obstructed her compassion. After Agnes's death, she recalls a dinner with her husband. Enduring cold, light-weight badinage...