Word: griefs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Families wiped away tears, some smiling shyly at each other, as they observed 168 seconds of silence, a second for each of the 168 victims. Rescuers from around the nation, who came to help Oklahomans in the aftermath of the blast, joined the mourners today in an expression of grief and solidarity. President Clinton, in Russia on an official visit, observed a minute of silence in memory of the bombing victims. The names of the victims were read aloud in 10-second intervals as families laid wreaths and flowers around the fence surrounding the site. For Americans far from Oklahoma...
...Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City was leveled last April. The victims and their families have come at least some way toward healing. President Clinton visited in his role as national grief counselor. As the first anniversary of the explosion approached, the hard but orderly business of the McVeigh trial followed its course...
...Washington, a city famous for counterfeit displays of emotion, Brown's demise at the age of 54 immediately transformed the corridors of power into a theater of genuine shock and grief. And as his sea of mourners gathered at one another's homes, Brown was remembered as the complicated figure he had been in life: a fan of Hermes ties who liked to dine in deep-fry joints; a defender of the little people who enjoyed being chauffeured around in limousines; a dealmaker who could talk policy (if only to better horse-trade on Capitol Hill); a big-time Washington...
There are the physical scars that many will bear forever. And there are the psychic scars: the uncomprehending grief at the loss of loved ones; the paranoia that it could happen again, maybe this April 19; the anxiety brought on by the wait for the trial of accused bombers Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. According to one survey, 38.5% of the state respondents personally knew a victim of the blast. "The psychological healing has a long way to go,'' says Governor Frank Keating, who lost three friends and can still choke up during interviews. "All of us are still sensitive...
Some of the well-known comforts which we have become accustomed to may well disappear when most of us have entered the job market, but the new opportunities for growth and development certainly outweigh the grief over loss of security. Somebody has to take the initiative to take up the plentiful opportunities which have been emerging over the last decade, and Harvard students belong to the group of those best-prepared...