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...viewed as a referendum on the former mayor's regime. Meanwhile, federal authorities are investigating other aspects of Kilpatrick's alleged activities. Respected lawyers hired to deal with Kilpatrick's mess are now fighting for their own careers. "I put my family through an incredible year of tremendous pain," Kilpatrick told reporters last month, clearly seeking sympathy. America loves a story of redemption. But Kilpatrick's constant excess, and his view that somehow he is above the law, makes absolution a difficult sell...
...What does the blues mean for you emotionally? Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman. So the pain and the struggle in the blues is that universal pain that comes from having your heart broken. Most blues songs are not about social statements. It's about "My baby left me." (See pictures of electric-guitar players...
...fact an examination of intra-race relations between African Americans with different skin tones that ponders the various stereotypes faced by people on account of their skin color. Slower-paced and more relaxed, “Contemplate” and “Diary” explore the pain of love lost. Though these are not the tracks that immediately jump out at first listen, they are actually the most meaningful songs on “Attention Deficit” and suggest that Wale has a future after his success prevents him from rapping about his outsider status...
...recognition software. Hasan's motives were mixed enough that everyone with an agenda could find markers in the trail he left. For those inclined to see soldiers as victims, he was a symptom of an overstretched military, whose soldiers return from their third and fourth deployments pouring out such pain that it scars their therapists as well. "We've known for the last five years that [deployment to Afghanistan] was probably his worst nightmare," cousin Nader Hasan told Fox News. "He would tell us how he hears horrific things ... That was probably affecting him psychologically...
...work." The stresses of deployment leave some veterans unable to reach out to help, but many are eager to do so just the same, which could help smooth their transition back to civilian life. "Getting involved in volunteer projects helps you get out of your own self-pity and pain," says Lemons, who has volunteered with environmental groups near his San Clemente, Calif., home. "It helps me reintegrate into society and not feel so alienated...