The National Health Service has seen its budget ring-fenced, as a (very expensive) token of the coalition's essential kindliness.
Europe was bullish about its exemplary wealth, social harmony, and "post-national" kindliness, and how such values would soon span the globe.The mood is different now.
American kindliness was the key, not government bossiness or new laws.Reagan offered taxpayers outraged by the Great Society and the growth of the welfare state a potent mix of indignation and absolution.
Their noblest ideal was humanitas, a blend of culture and kindliness, approximating the quality of being "civilized".
While we are losing the privilege of daily companionship, the most precious memories of your unfailing kindliness and generous nature abide with us, and these memories will ever be one of the choicest traditions of the Court.
Women characters who are virtually fault-free, embodying good sense and kindliness?
Male stormtroopers may have compartmentalised more, proud of their kindliness to infants and animals, while women whip-wielders here double as dominatrices at home.
Her powerful, rich voice of remarkable range, her command of the grand manner, and her personal warmth and manifest kindliness made her a favourite with audiences for nearly a half century.
His surviving letters show kindliness to his relations.
Although his name and achievements were well known among oceanographers, he rarely attended international meetings but his genuine kindliness prevented him from becoming a recluse.
A book on mercy might be expected to be a warm bath in kindliness, all sweetness and light, but Pope Francis, in "The Name of God Is Mercy," offers a tough-minded reflection on an urgently needed public virtue, together with firm, if kindly, pushback against his critics.
