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Relief workers say many orphans are suffering from both physical and psychological trauma. Martin Dawes, a UNICEF spokesman in Colombo, Sri Lanka, says many are "in a state of denial." Some who saw their mothers drown, he says, cling to the belief that Mom has just gone to the ocean for a while, and that she will soon return. Protecting children from exploitation is another priority. Previous disasters have demonstrated that kids are targets for gangs involved in human trafficking, which thrives in parts of the region. The issue was thrown into stark relief following reports that a missing...
...most of its history, psychology had concerned itself with all that ails the human mind: anxiety, depression, neurosis, obsessions, paranoia, delusions. The goal of practitioners was to bring patients from a negative, ailing state to a neutral normal, or, as University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin Seligman puts it, "from a minus five to a zero." It was Seligman who had summoned the others to Akumal that New Year's Day in 1998--his first day as president of the American Psychological Association (A.P.A.)--to share a vision of a new goal for psychology. "I realized that my profession was half...
...wisdom of that strategy has recently become self-evident. While Eddie Murphy toils in kids' movies, Steve Martin keeps remaking his remake of Father of the Bride and Robin Williams plays psychopaths as restitution for the saccharine sins of his Patch Adams period, Murray has not only remained funny but has transcended funny. The man who taught a generation how to rebel with a smirk in Meatballs, Stripes and Ghostbusters has forsaken easy laughs and giant paychecks to play a series of sad, complicated characters like Herman Blume, the lonely industrialist in Anderson's Rushmore; Bob Harris, the fading movie...
...Golden Eagles maintained a comfortable lead throughout the early portion of the contest until junior forward Zach Martin nailed a three and Stehle followed with a layup to pull the Crimson back within three, 26-23. Tennessee Tech responded with four straight baskets from within two feet, including a thunderous two-handed dunk to push its lead to 11. Harvard clamped down and stopped the run, but went into the intermission down...
Junior Zach Martin and freshman Brad Unger saw considerable amounts of playing time, filling in for the depleted front court. Martin hit two threes and recorded a season-high eight points on the night...