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...mood: "It seems more than obvious to one entangled in the petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists--at times, indeed, approaching the ludicrous--that smile as we may at its folliesx, or denounce its barbarities, the truly monumental achievements of the Middle Ages have become too vast for us to cope with, or even understand; we are too small and afraid." Let me offer this as an ideal opening sentence to any question even tangentially nudging on the Middle Ages. And now you see, having dazzled me, won me by your personal, involved, independently-minded assertion, your only...
...constitutional rights, but the correct thing to do" Some journalists asked whether civilian and military officials on inspection tours would face the same rule. Pentagon officials eventually conceded that they had gone overboard and withdrew the test, but said they would still expect correspondents to be fit enough to cope with the desert...
...Americans must scramble to cope with hard times and keep up their hopes that the recession turns out to be no worse than a moderate one. Yet the downturn could have a silver lining if it forces Americans to confront the legacy of 1980s-style borrowing and spending, which threatens to stifle growth for years to come. "We simply cannot go on doing business as usual in so intensely competitive a world," Sinai said. "This downturn may be a catalyst that will wake up the nation." If the recession does help inspire the U.S. to face its long-term economic...
Will the radical measures planned in exile be accepted at home? Rather than propel change, the shock of invasion may hinder it. "To cope with what has happened," says Hasan al-Ebraheem, "many have come to think of this time as a temporary setback, like an earthquake. Psychologically, people will want to recreate the past as exactly as they can in order to forget what has happened. That is what we must resist. This is a golden opportunity, the invasion's silver lining. If we give in to sentiment and let the old ways come back while saying that...
Sobriety improved, but didn't solve, Beattie's travails, in her view because she was still codependent -- although she didn't yet know the term. She counseled spouses of alcoholics and tried to cope with her husband's drinking until she finally realized that she couldn't stop him; the two eventually divorced. "When I really let him go, I began to see that I could not control the life path of another human being." With this recognition, Beattie hunted for clues to her unhappiness and found codependency, an idea that had existed in relative obscurity in addiction circles since...