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Is there a doctor-president in the house? The unhappy history of physicians as national leaders.(Culture Watch)(Column)
THE practice of medicine requires the exercise of a dispassionate compassion. Doctors are sympathetic yet objective, concerned yet detached, involved yet observant, feeling yet unsentimental; in other words, they have precisely those qualities that one would wish to see in a political leader. Myself a physician, I have had ample opportunity to observe the medical profession from within, and I think I may safely say that, taken all in all, and viewed objectively, it is the finest body of men and women of which humanity can boast. No matter where a doctor may come from, therefore, I immediately feel an affinity for him: for there is between us a freemasonry of the soul.
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If this presidential mess were a Jimmy Stewart movie, here's how it would end: President-elect: My fellow Americans, I am humbled by this office you have bestowed upon me. Yet I know we have to face the facts together. I won this election by the slimmest of margins, and I hear the message: Neither
- George W. Bush: The Most Pro-Life President in American History.(Transcript)
- Magazine article from: National Right to Life News Goeglein, Tim May 1, 2005 700+ words
...the President of the United States of America, George...is the most pro-life president in American history...to the floor of the United States Senate. It is important...there ever was, the United States of America. Thank...
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...capitalization, is making a push into the United States, aiming to take advantage of...interested in exploring those," Sun Life President Jon Boscia said in an interview...positioned to gain market share in the United States, free of the baggage of bankruptcies...
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...eyes on the final goal - - a pro-life President - - and didn't allow themselves to...foolish friends. The result was a pro-life President! Pro-Life Heroes Across America...News amply shows. As President of the United States, he will give America the leadership...
- Electricity Slowly Being Restored to Northern United States, Canada.
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- Transamerica Occidental Life President Ron Wagley Joins Board of American...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 27, 2000 700+ words
...representing 435 life insurance companies operating in the United States. One of the most influential life groups in the industry...and specialty sales organizations located throughout the United States. Wagley received his undergraduate degree in marketing from...
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- Magazine article from: The New American Eddlem, Thomas R. January 13, 2003 700+ words
...has not staunchly defended the principles of the pro-life movement and that he will have little impact on abortion in the United States. Nowhere is this more clear than with embryonic stem-cell research. "I oppose federal funding for stem-cell research...
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