1.   A compassionate act comes out of a compassionate feeling.

2.   Giuliani has defended his efforts to force people in shelters to work and he has called the removal of homeless people from the street a compassionate act.

3.   We will make a determined attack on need, by promoting the compassionate acts of others.

4.   Hu Yamei and Yan Renying, both delegates from Beijing who proposed similar legislation two years ago, stressed that euthanasia relieved pain and was a compassionate act.