Subject: The Optimist: Why an Israeli professor was dubbed the 'baby whisperer'; an emergency dispatcher who bought groceries for an Army veteran; and how poetry can help solve social problems
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Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 13:33:33 -0400 (EDT)

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THIS FIREFIGHTER-PARAMEDIC PROPOSED TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM HE HELPED SAVE
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AN EMERGENCY DISPATCHER BOUGHT GROCERIES FOR AN 81-YEAR-OLD VETERAN WHO CALLED 911
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