Word: pains
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...weird," Jessi said later, sitting at her kitchen table, her pain medications lined up in front of her beside a glass of chocolate milk. The very word makes her sad. "For 20 years, no one knew my name. Now they want my autograph. But I'm not a hero. If it makes people feel good to say it, then I'm glad. But I'm not. I'm just a survivor. When I think about it, it keeps me awake at night...
...industrial prowess and rich entrepreneurial spirit, this proud region of less than 2 million people saddled on the western slopes of the Pyrenees has since the 1960s trudged a destructive path of terrorism, extortion, government dirty wars and the social numbness that often accompanies deep fear and unspoken pain. ETA's goal of Basque independence from Spain and France was pursued, from the outset, through selective attacks against police and military forces but became more and more indiscriminate - a bomb in a Barcelona supermarket in 1987 caused 18 deaths. Eventually, the violence threatened a wide swath of Basque society, including...
...while accepting the pain of the victims, the majority of the people here see this as the moment to make a last sacrifice for the sake of a permanent and just peace, one that would ensure that there are no more victims. And it is on that outcome that Zapatero is clearly betting. He has offered to talk to ETA at a time when the organization is at its weakest after 10 years of relentless pressure from the Spanish and French police and judiciary, which has not ceased - the group's extortion operation was dismantled two weeks...
...still in touch with some of her '96 teammates: in November, she'll be a bridesmaid in Dominique Moceanu's wedding. Strug coaches at gymnastics camps each summer and may coach full-time "once I'm settled." She also speaks at charity events, recounting how she pushed through pain to help her team grab gold. "Dreams do come true. It's not just a cliché," she says. "I lived it, and now I can share that message...
...stay optimistic. "I don't think that Gilad will be released without a price," says Shalit. "That's not the way it works in the Middle East." In this regard, both the Shalits and the Palestinian families desperate to bring their prisoners home have a shared experience of pain. But whatever fragile empathy exists may not survive in any family that doesn't get its son back...