Word: quicksands
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...expressing his despair over human nature and war in 19th century Europe. But his "Duel with Cudgels" might as well have been painted to capture the craziness of the situation in the Middle East today. It depicts two figures inflicting blows on each other while they sink in quicksand...
...Life in quicksand has altered the Israeli experience in profound ways. Those directly exposed to violence have suffered physical and emotional injuries that will scar them for life. As mental-health workers, we have treated many victims who have been injured in more than one terror attack. We have tried to help people who have just lost a loved one while still grieving for an earlier victim. We have worked with doctors and nurses who are at risk for secondary traumatization owing to their exposure to so many dead and maimed...
...crippling fear of public speaking. Why should I be on “Survivor”? What school do I go to? What’s my name? The answers are beyond me and the post-graduation plans are sinking like an immunity idol in a pool of quicksand...
...think Las Vegas is a quicksand of tasteless glitz and shameless spectacle. So does Dave Hickey, who figures that makes it the perfect place for art. Visual thrills are a local industry, mile-high neon and fake pyramids just part of the scenery. "Vegas aspires to visibility," he says. "Art is an extension and refinement of what Vegas is about...
...markets started Tuesday in quicksand and kept sinking steadily during the Fed chairman's testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, and wound up with the Dow shedding 183 points and NASDAQ 29 points. But you'd sell, too, in Lucent was practically running out of employees after cutting 20,000 more jobs, selling $2.75 billion worth of assets to raise cash and embarking on yet another desperate restructuring, if Amazon.com suddenly looked even less like it would ever make money, if manufacturing outfits like Alcoa, 3M and International Paper served up another painful reminder that inventories were nowhere near gone...