Word: copings
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...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 follies, 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 too afraid.” Let me offer this as an ideal opening sentence to any question even tangentially nudging on the Middle Ages...
...Iraqis, denial can be the best way to cope with the knowledge that a sudden, violent death is merely a matter of being on the wrong street corner at the wrong time. For the 138,000 U.S. troops serving in Iraq, there are few refuges from the arbitrary violence that continues to plague much of the country; for Iraqi civilians there are none. After a two-month lull following the Jan. 30 election, attacks by insurgent groups have spiked over the past two weeks, coinciding with the formation of a new government. Most of the recent wave of attacks, which...
...famous medical examination of patients with brain disorders. Much like the book, which presents a number of patients whose memory, perception, emotions, and personality were affected by various neurological disorders, the play unifies a series of sketches about these patients. Linked by a shared struggle to cope with their disorders, these vignettes highlight the common humanity that exists in us all, while questioning if an excessively abnormal life is worth living...
Murphy told The Crimson in early April that his defense had held the upper hand in practice as the offense struggled to cope with key injuries and departures, and it appeared Saturday that attempts to close the gap between the two sides had come up short, prompting the lineup shakeup...
...global scale. The end product of combustion of fossil fuels is carbon dioxide, which has the potential to alter global climate with implications for temperature, rainfall, and even for sea level. Warmer temperatures and uncertain supplies of precipitation can exacerbate the problems for those least equipped to cope. We have a moral imperative, I believe, to anticipate these problems and to do what we can to mitigate their consequences...