Word: humaneness
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...have a U.S. Rep. [Barney Frank '61] publicly declare that the mothers and fathers are responsible for their sons and daughters--some as young as 18 months old--being shot at by Israeli soldiers is an insult to our common humanity. Every one of us who has been loved and raised by our parents, and every parent who has sacrificed for the sake of his or her children should be outraged. To lay exclusive blame on the Palestinians for the current violence, after the United Nations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, among others, have condemned Israel...
...contrast, Bush's proposals for early childhood are aimed at the kids who, studies show, benefit most from preschool: the poor. Citing mixed reviews of Head Start, he would shift the program's address from the Health and Human Services Department to the Education Department and emphasize educational pursuits like word recognition and counting over social services. The cost of this change? Zero. Bush saves his dollars for his $5 billion reading initiative, which does not kick in until kids reach kindergarten...
...Fast forward to 1999, when Gore set out to become "his own man" and staked his claim to the presidency not on the past and the record and the best economy in human history but on the future and his promise to be the crusading hall monitor against price-gouging drug companies, corporate polluters and fat-cat campaign contributors. He took his highly stylized brand for a test drive during the primaries, turning back Bradley's ambush by repeating over and over, "I will fight...
...Human representatives will still be available for knottier questions, Schnare said...
...strategy seemed a fortunate one especially in the light of the comedic ability of the lead actor, Cary McLelland. McLelland's performance enriches King George's part in this historical drama with much-needed warmth and humor. Even in his madness, McLelland's George appeared as a big-hearted human being, his lunatic lapses inspire pity, his large, loud, brassy self is lovable, his foibles and struggles humanize him. McLelland is adept at the part of a king who projects a ferocious faade and then peeks out from behind it, winking. Typical of this rapprochement between king and audience...