Word: ordeal
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...half of all American children have been part of a broken family. Books like Anthony E. Wolf's Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? And When Can I Get a Hamster?: A Guide to Parenting through Divorce (Noonday) aim to help parents help their children through the ordeal. Wolf, a clinical psychologist who has worked with kids for almost 30 years, gives practical guidance for talking to children about tough issues. When, for example, is the right time to tell your son or daughter that you're getting a divorce? "Although there is never a good time," writes...
...former first year says his ordeal affected his community of friends...
This is a man who maintained his moral character and revolutionary zeal for freedom and justice through nearly three decades of imprisonment. He emerged from that ordeal, not with hatred in his heart but with an unshakable commitment and the superb political skill to lead his nation...
...point of view alone, never taking into account how the U.S. abused Iran and its people through its support of the Shah. While I don't condone the hostage taking of 1979, it is up to the U.S. to apologize to Iran. Through our actions, we brought the ordeal on ourselves. MARK MCLAUGHLIN Ocean City...
...reality of his testifying in front of Starr sank in last week. Anyone who saw her emerge from Marine One last Thursday, after a ceremony for the Americans killed in the embassy bombings in Africa, wondered if some of the agony on her face wasn't for the ordeal ahead. Ever since Chelsea was six, Hillary has protected her daughter by convincing her that some of her father's political opponents would smear him to beat him. This week one of those opponents would be sitting in the Map Room, two floors below Chelsea's bedroom, learning from Clinton himself...