Word: shamed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mental state that prompts suicide, usually some form of depression, is often treatable. Psychologists contend that suicide must be discussed more openly and viewed without shame so that potential victims will seek treatment. Werner Spitz, a professor of forensic pathology at Wayne State University, regrets that "people are ashamed to admit a relative committed suicide, seeing it as a blemish on the good name of the family." Since suicide can be contagious, many families rightly fear that a son or daughter, a brother or sister, may be inclined to imitate the act of self-destruction. But "depression is a disease...
...shouldn't exaggerate the magnitude of the reversal. My political slide to the left had actually started before I first walked through Johnston Gate, and, to the shame of my parents, probably continues to this...
GIVEN the remarkable sacrifices and efforts that people around the world are making for ideals which we all too often take for granted, it would be a particular shame if, at this moment in history, America were to remain mired in a Reagan-like state of complacency and continued to ignore or sidestep many of its own social and economic ills. The United States is viewed as a symbol of democracy by struggling peoples around the world, yet it seems unable to provide the promise of freedom of opportunity to many of its own citizens...
...Seung's assumptions shows most how little he, and I am sure many others, understand my viewpoint. "Perhaps Hsia has never been called 'chink' and felt shame." No, I have been subjected to racial slurs; though I never felt ashamed by them. My emotions ran closer to anger or condescension. I am not ashamed of being a minority. Nor am I ashamed of my opinion of minority organizations. The two statements are not contradictory...
...bureau chief this year, following a two-year stint in Mexico City. From his new base in Costa Rica, he will be visiting Panama often -- eventually, he hopes, under more pleasant circumstances. "Covering violence in Panama is like observing a brawl in a ballroom," he says. "It's a shame that a place so beautiful should be exposed to such goings...