Word: griefs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Grief and bewilderment etched the weary, unshaven faces of the airport volunteers, whose bloodshot eyes seemed to brim with tears. Workers formed a human chain in the pouring rain to unload the plane's cargo of pain-killers, penicillin, iodine swabs and bandages donated by American companies. They worked by flashlight well into the night. A young man took me aside and whispered, "Be sure to tell everyone in America and Europe how thankful...
Sometimes these tales of grief from the earthquake zone merged seamlessly with horror stories of brutal rapes and beatings during ethnic clashes last February in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait. The people I spoke with insisted that after the earthquake, Azerbaijanis refused to help, announcing that "Allah has finally heard us." Some claimed that trains from the neighboring Muslim republic were even scrawled with graffiti reading DECEMBER 7. HAPPY HOLIDAY! When I asked an airport official if he had seen any aid arrive from Azerbaijan, he responded, with a dismissive wave, "Even if they offered it, we can do very...
...northern city of Jaffna, 300 miles away, Jayamani Marianayagam ricochets between grief and anxiety as she recounts the fate of her son Jude Chandrakumar. Three weeks ago, the 17-year-old boy was practicing You Are My Rock, O Jesus on the organ in St. Mary's Cathedral when a street battle between two militant Tamil factions spilled through the doors and into the sanctuary. Mistaking young Chandrakumar for a wounded rival, guerrillas grabbed him. The boy's body was found that night outside the church, his legs broken, his fingernails missing, his head half blown away. "No mother should...
Privately, some hands at State were dismayed by Shultz's decision. Said one: "Sometimes he acts like the old Marine he once was. The Arabs caused him grief, and this is the way to get back at them...
...some ways, he wishes he could turn back the clock to before last December, but he has accepted the violent politicization of his life through a combination of religious faith and nationalism. Despite his grief, he speaks with pride of Khaled's "martyrdom." "Our contribution to the intifadeh," he says, "has moved the Palestinian cause forward...