Word: heals
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Knowing that a government apology can help heal wounds that are decades or even centuries old, Georgia this month took steps toward becoming the latest state to issue a resolution apologizing for forced sterilization of mental patients and prisoners from 1937 to 1970. But saying sorry is often complicated by talk of reparations. Here's a look at how some attempts at official atonement have panned...
...prisoner has been punished.'' ''In that case, perhaps you could just give me some disinfectant ointment or Mercurochrome for the wounds?'' ''No, not allowed.'' ''May I have some bandages?'' ''No.'' Even with no help, I washed my hands and took care of my injuries, and eventually they began to heal. It took me many months of intense effort to be able to raise my arms above my head; it was a full year before I could stretch them straight above me. The deeper wounds where the metal of the handcuffs cut through my flesh almost to the bone left scars...
...fatal bombings in Bangkok on New Year's Eve that the junta has yet to solve. Meanwhile, in the restive south, Muslim insurgents have ramped up their murderous campaign; on Monday, three Buddhists were gunned down. Thaksin says that if he were to eventually return home, he could help heal the nation. "If you want to have national reconciliation, it's like clapping hands," says Thaksin. "If you try to clap with one hand, and take another hand far away, is it possible? You have to bring that hand back. I have quit politics, don't worry, but I want...
...portrayal of Ford's pardon of President Richard Nixon as a reflection that "mercy and healing" were very much on Ford's mind at the time. Far from an act designed to help a poor beleaguered President and heal this nation's wounds caused by the Watergate affair, the pardon was a calculated political move. The pardon blocked application of the rule of law to a President who committed criminal acts while in office and was intended to save Nixon and the Republican Party from further legal scrutiny. It will forever sully Ford's record as President. Charles Tripp Professor...
...Platoon. This new one is an up-tempo dirge, an I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag, about his experiences as a young grunt in Viet Nam. Stone means the drama, the carnage, the horror, the horror to be so white-hot they will cauterize and heal the wounds of war, and singe everyone's soul in the process. Well, not quite, but Platoon is still the most impressive movie to deal with the fighting in Viet Nam. Apocalypse Now was, by comparison, all machismo and mysticism; Stone's film is a document written in blood that after...