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...listening to survivors. The phenomenon is called “vicarious traumatization,” said Karestan C. Koenen, assistant professor of society, human development, and health at the Harvard School of Public Health.“If you keep hearing these stories about people whose lives were torn apart, it sort of makes you question whether things are predictable,” Koenen said. “You can feel helpless.”But while witnessing the aftermath of a disaster exacts an emotional toll, volunteering may help mediate the sense of helplessness...
...lacrosse team had beat a year ago with less than a half minute to go, before two Pioneer goals in the final 24 seconds sent the Crimson on a long flight home from Colorado unhappy. I remember the game. I have friends there.So you can imagine my torn loyalties this past Saturday, when the two lacrosse teams finally had their rematch almost exactly a year later. This time, though, Harvard played host.Who would I root for? Would I stay true to my upbringing, the sunlight, and the place I call home? Would I throw my support with my new admiration...
...thought I had to do this and I'm glad I did. There's nothing like seeing people face to face, so they understand exactly where we're coming from. The Chinese-American relationship is a very important one and we don't want to see it torn asunder...
...Supreme Leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, to blame the U.S. for Iraq's current troubles while his agents are busy there. Iran's militant regime is sowing chaos in the Middle East as it goes flat out to develop nuclear weapons. It needs a distracted West and a war-torn Iraq to accomplish that goal. The sooner we face that reality, the more rational our analysis will be. Tom Minchin Melbourne, Australia...
...Still, despite the horror of flames, torn flesh and twisted wreckage staining busy streets, the day was not without marvel. Thursday morning witnessed the realization of one of those rare, wistful hopes every Westerner in the country holds deep within them - that hostages, trussed and secreted away in some anonymous hide, could be surprised by soldiers from home bursting in through the door and telling them it?s going to be okay. In a house somewhere in the city?s west, three devout aid workers from a faith-based outfit known as the Christian Peacemakers Teams - Canadians Harmeet Sooden...