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Technology occasionally does bring genuine improvements. Tetracycline and Thorazine heal the sick. The rotary lawn mower doesn't get stuck on twigs. The VCR makes it possible for working people who are not insomniacs to look at movies that are shown only at 3 a.m. Does anyone remember that you once had to bend over and give a violent turn to a hand crank before a car would start...
...Africa is a dysfunctional continent, scarred by the most damaging legacy of colonization: the virtual destruction of its social, political and belief systems. Self-esteem, mutual regard and tolerance have given way to self-loathing, mutual disregard and ethnic and religious intolerance. Africa needs a cultural revolution that will heal old wounds, break down artificial boundaries and re-emphasize the traditional African view of the commonality of people. Fola Arthur-Worrey Lagos, Nigeria...
...their victims. "Some of these people still have the hearts of animals," says Dusabe Theoneste, 41, a farmer who lost much of his family during the genocide. "They haven't changed from when they were taken to prison." But Ntirushwamaboko's case shows how the gacaca system could help heal Rwanda. As he accompanies a journalist into the house of Febronia Mukamusoni, the sister of the man he admits to killing, Ntirushwamaboko is greeted with a smile. "Five years ago, if I saw him and I had the means, I would have killed him," says Mukamusoni, 47. But after hearing...
...that the rich within their own societies are asked to meet their fair share of the burden. Great social forces are the mere accumulation of individual actions. Let the future say of our generation that we sent forth mighty currents of hope, and that we worked together to heal the world...
...group was still happy with its performance, knowing that the true test will come next weekend. The team was happy to have the chance just to heal injuries...