Word: companionism
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...traveling companion, Mak cuts a charming figure. But his portrait of the last century is almost unremittingly dark. The mayor's scythe sweeps through the book as Mak tours Verdun, Guernica, Auschwitz, Stalingrad, Dresden, Chernobyl, Sarajevo. With an itinerary like that, there are predictably few joyful moments to be had. The book is filled instead with a sort of dreadful comedy that drove Samuel Beckett and others to see Europe as a theater of the absurd: the jaunty optimism of soldiers setting off to World War I (home by Christmas!), the apocalyptic hope of the survivors...
...good that some doctors say it's rare for their patients to vomit. And drugs that prevent anemia and a drop in white blood cells mean patients can carry on with life's activities without the constant dread of contracting infections. Still, anxiety remains a steady companion for people living with cancer. "Dealing with the worry around tests and how well the drugs are working for recurrent cancer is one of the most emotionally challenging things that my patients experience," says Russell. "All medical oncologists must help patients manage this emotional roller coaster...
This must have happened to you. You and a companion have just seen a dramatic movie. One of you is still choking back sobs. The other has eyes as dry as the Gobi. The unmoved one says, "I can't believe you were so gullible as to fall for that pap." The teary one blurts out, "If that film didn't touch your heart, maybe you don't have one." Relationships have sundered on this primal wrangle: whether or not one surrenders to the thrall of a movie weepie...
...chance to watch, and hopefully learn, without charge. In addition, the 90-minute premiere and 13 short in-depth features will be available on HBO’s website. In 30 cities nationwide, HBO-sponsored house parties will be held to encourage further dialogue and community action. A companion book is available for purchase, and the entire series will be offered on DVD. Addiction might not be a weighty word in Harvard facebook groups dedicated to various trivial obsessions, but to the subjects of this documentary, it’s a serious disease—though not an incurable...
...comes to light that priests, as you describe, are "living as hedonistically as Renaissance Popes" by stealing the contributions made by their hardworking parishioners. It makes one wonder when the leadership of the church will wake up and allow priests to marry, so they can enjoy life with a companion as God and nature intend. Bill O'Brien Port Republic, Virginia...