Word: compassioner
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Damon-Fisher strongly objects to Christian prejudice against the Jews as well as Christian renunciation of life. He cannot understand the death-wish and the related prohibition of sexual expression of many believers. Fisher is very much concerned with the sexual aspects of Christianity and the relationship of religious symbols...
Other doctors are becoming seriously concerned at the public's widespread demand for the pills. "Could they," wondered a Boston pharmacologist, "make millions of people significantly indifferent to politics-or to their responsibilities as automobile drivers?" Says one G.P.: "Some doctors seem to prescribe a pill for almost any...
It is difficult to see, barring accidents, miracles, or a strange compassion on the part of Kiphuth, how the varsity can hope to score more than 25 points, leaving the Elis with at least 61. And if things go really badly, it is entirely conceivable that the Crimson might be...
The second presentation, in contrast, is highly successful. William Kaufman, author of the adaptation, has written a creative and highly imaginative script from Fitzgerald's rather slim material. He demonstrates remarkable insight, subtlety, and compassion in handling human relationships as well as a keen ear for dialogue, and a sense...
Yet this affirmation, the redemption through pity and understanding, somehow lacks force. The horrifying sense of loneliness and the oncoming of death the permeation of all things with death, comes to the reader more strongly. And this is coupled with a simultaneous awareness of how desperately rare is the gift...