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...Band-Aid broke, in essence...
...their therapy, PTSD sufferers are typically asked to dredge up their worst wartime memories. Hearing these nightmarish experiences can stir up powerful reactions in even the most seasoned therapists. A Colorado sergeant who served as a dog handler in Iraq and was diagnosed with PTSD says his psychiatric counselor broke down sobbing after the sergeant described how he had been sent out to find the remains of his close friend, a helicopter pilot, who was shot down in southern Iraq. "I looked up, and there she was crying," the sergeant says. "I didn't want that from a shrink...
After Wall Street stabilized in the spring, it didn't take long for the economy to become a political afterthought to the major battle of the year in Washington: health-care reform. But Tuesday's off-year election broke D.C.'s political trance like a brick through plate glass. Republicans triumphed in two major gubernatorial races, thanks largely to independents fleeing Democrats over economic worries. Suddenly every politician in town cares about the economy more than anything else. (See TIME's special "Out of Work in America...
Internal dialogue seems to have led nowhere. After the June 7 elections, voters gave the March 14 coalition 71 seats and the opposition 57. Recently, however, MP Walid Jounblatt, the leader of the Druze majority, broke off from the March 14 coalition and formed a center bloc. Currently, no coalition has a simple majority, and the parliament is broken up into three groups. In light of the fragile situation, MP Saad Hariri was nominated to form a unity government: his attempts have yet to come to fruition...
Brian A. Schroeder, who graduated from the Law School last spring, turned himself into the police Monday on arson charges after a fire broke out at the chapel the morning of October...