Word: angers
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When I landed in Banda Aceh a few days after the tsunami struck on Dec. 26 last year, I was surprised that among the jumble of feelings swirling through me, one of the strongest was also one I least expected: anger. Of course, there were other emotions: disbelieving horror at the devastation; pain for the suffering of the living and those who died; fear as the buildings still standing were rattled by repeated aftershocks; even the guilty relief that I wasn't out there searching for my family among the muddy ruins. But beneath all that there was a steady...
...special report on the terrorist attacks in London and the hunt for the bombers drew mail from readers expressing sympathy and solidarity with the British as well as anger against Muslim radicals. Others debated whether the war in Iraq has contributed to the global climate of jihadist hatred...
...often turned to food for comfort. The sweet taste of candy always brought my spirits up, until I realized what I was doing. But then I would just eat more. Even though food is a major comfort for me, I'm learning to channel some of my anger and stress into sports. Whether I'm kicking my sorrows away in a magnificent breaststroke, slamming that anger with my tennis racket or whamming that big stress ball at batting practice, my teenage problems find an outlet...
...just released results showed that compulsive gamblers, drinkers and drug users have high underlying levels of negative emotionality, a syndrome that includes nervousness, anger and a tendency to worry and feel victimized. Significantly, they also score lower in the so-called constraint category, meaning they are given to impulsiveness and thrill seeking. That's a bad combination, particularly when you throw drugs, drink or gambling into the mix. "It's like picking your poison," says psychologist Avshalom Caspi of King's College in London, one of the researchers in the study...
...stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons from spinning out of control. The Bush Administration has publicly declared that it is intolerable for states such as North Korea and Iran to get nuclear weapons, but few experts believe that either regime would risk annihilation by actually launching a nuke in anger. More terrifying is the possibility that malefactors operating without such restraints--such as the suicidal jihadists of al-Qaeda--might acquire atomic materials. It is the global terrorist threat that has made this the least predictable moment since the dawn of the nuclear age. Says Sam Nunn, the Democratic...