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...Rove prison and young leaders will take charge. "If there is a struggle anywhere in the world, the cause - and answer - is leadership," says Father Brown. "I actually believe in problems. They should be seen as a way to guide ourselves into the future, not to dwell in the past." By that measure, Solomon Islands has no shortage of signposts...
Sergeant Harding agrees. "You can't dwell on it, or you can't do what you need to do," he said shortly after his unit returned from another firefight in town. Troops say the thing that most helps the traumatized is their commitment to one another. Their unit is the only thing they can trust, and helping one another get home safely is the most compelling motivation they have. A twice-wounded Whiskey Company Marine suffered two concussions in successive bombings and was told that a third could lead to severe, lasting damage. But when given the option of going...
...medals won at the Olympic Games, preferably weighted by population size (which usually makes Australia top nation). Or--very fashionable in Asia these days--you can look at the size of your tallest building, a contest in which Taiwan has just nosed ahead of Malaysia. Or you can dwell on the relative strength of your currency. Which is why you might expect American self-esteem to be in decline, for the dollar has fallen 24% against the euro since the beginning of 2003, touching a record low last week, and 15% against the Japanese yen. But the U.S. economy being...
...Nonetheless, getting patients to submit to the onslaught is hard. More than most cancer patients, adolescents dwell in the "Why me?" phase and resist treatment that robs them of looks and vitality. Supple's mother Jenny says he threatened "all the time" to stop taking his medicine and could go for days without speaking. During his numerous hospital stays, his Mum or Dad was always with him, but nurses and psychologists also helped - a coordinated support staff typical of pediatric hospitals. Andrew Young, chief executive officer of CanTeen, a support organization for young people with cancer, echoes the calls...
...medals won at the Olympic Games, preferably weighted by population size (which usually makes Australia top nation). Or-very fashionable in Asia these days-you can look at the size of your tallest building, a contest in which Taiwan has just nosed ahead of Malaysia. Or you can dwell on the relative strength of your currency. Which is why you might expect American self-esteem to be in decline, for the dollar has fallen 24% against the euro since the beginning of 2003, touching a record low last week, and 15% against the Japanese yen. But the U.S. economy being...