Word: hugs
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...Ashley is not an object, something to touch, snuggle, hug and feed. She shouldn't be reduced to a "pillow angel," a sort of living puppet to cuddle. Her parents, with the complicity of an ethics committee, violated not only Ashley's body but also her soul. Do the disabled have to undergo such procedures for their lives to be considered worth preserving? Everyone needs to be respected and loved for who they are. Ashley's case is a sign of the beginning of the end of a civilization. Pietro Dri Porpetto, Italy...
...family.As he walked off the court for the last time as a collegian after being whistled for a fifth foul, the fans at Lavietes rose to their feet to give the big man a final ovation. Cusworth shook hands with all the players on the bench, then got a hug from coach Frank Sullivan before sitting down to watch his teammates close out the final 1:34 of the victory. “I really can’t put into words how much that meant to me. It was hard to fight off the tears and stay looking like...
...taking care of business, converting 5-of-6 free throws to put the game out of reach. Although Cusworth fouled out with 1:34 to play and could not end his Harvard career on the court, he left the game to a standing ovation, handshakes from teammates, and a hug from coach Frank Sullivan. “They finished in an appropriate manner—pressure free throws, taking care of the basketball. I think all that was a good solid finish,” Sullivan said. “If we could have written it any better, we would...
...nice to mess with Mother Nature - especially in Austin, Texas, where there is a record of an actual citywide tree hug taking place in 1989. So when five dozen birds fell from the sky earlier this month talk shows and chatrooms were ablaze with theories and outrage over what killed Austin's grackles...
After meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made no effort to hide his grim expression from his staff. From the Palestinian perspective, the talks hadn't gone well. Abbas had complained to Rice that an earlier chat and a bear hug with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, at the Secretary of State's behest, had only landed him in trouble with his fellow Palestinians. According to a presidential aide, he told Rice that "Olmert embarrassed me by not implementing a single Israeli promise...