Word: humaneness
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...least being vegetarian avoids the whole ritual of denial. People don't seem to have the urge to pulverize vegetables beyond the point of recognition--I can pretty much tell what vegetables are in any salad. But if you are a carnivorous human, don't give me any jive about something being wrong to eat because it reminds you of what the animal was. Better the regret than the denial; nothing like the bittersweet recognition that something had to give for you to have your meal. It's good for your psyche. No meal should...
...class' dozen students take their painting of nudes very seriously. "You don't get turned on, you study the form of the body," Sam explains. Moreover, the artist must decide how to express the human body, whether it be in the spirit of sensuality or of revulsion. For Sam's third painting, he gave the woman a pirate character...
Sontag's interests have also been extremely diverse. She began writing In America in 1993, but was interrupted for three years when she traveled to Sarajevo to fight for human rights...
...remorse should quickly follow. Three men who presented no deadly threat lost their lives. You would think the police commissioner would say he was sorry. You would think the city's mayor would express sympathy for the victims' families. Since this is an election year, though, I guess basic human decency is too much to expect from a politician who evicts the homeless at Christmastime...
...replacements. And this isn't just a plan for pets of the furry persuasion, says Hirsch. "We've got monkeys and lizards on the program, too," he says. "We also have a pet llama as a subscriber." Pet lovers everywhere can rejoice, but let's just hope human health care doesn't fall by the wayside in favor of lower-cost veterinary care - or we could be sending an uninsured kid off to a doctor's appointment dressed up as a cocker spaniel...