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When the larger slab of ice hit her, Molnar said she "leaned over but did not lose consciousness. My head went numb. "The chunk made a three-inchcut on the back of her head, which bled profusely, she said...
...make myself not notice it, because you don't have a choice," junior Co-Captain Joey Alissi said. "You're legs get so tired. They get numb. We're in such good shape. It's only the second half of the third period that we start losing it. As good shape as you're in, you'll get tired...
...emotionally vulnerable. They tend to fall into two groups, he says: those who see themselves as independent and capable, and those who see their situation as one of rejection and abandonment. Many children, he says, find that being alone is "frightening, initially, then it's boring. They often numb out their feelings by watching TV or playing Nintendo constantly, or they go outside to look for another diversion." Children under age 10, in Long's view, simply should not be left alone...
...bleeds, it leads" is the dictum of local television news. By now the public has grown numb to acts of savagery, and only a handful of journalists can still arouse feelings of shock or pity. New Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson is one of them...
...idea of writing a comic strip simmered in my head for quite some time. I needed the merchandising money. Unfortunately, after this initial burst of misunderstood creative ingenuity, my brain went numb. It was a nightmare: all my creativity had slowly seeped out of me, leaving me a dry, lifeless husk totally incapable of inventive conversation, let alone producing a daily, witty, critically acclaimed, award-winning, ego trip of a comic strip...