Word: shamings
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Eighteen months on, one of the men who jumped into the river to help the Shi'ites says al-Obeidi "wasted his life for those animals." Hamza Muslawi refuses to talk about how many he himself saved, saying it fills him with shame. "If I see a Shi'ite child about to drown in the Tigris now," says the carpenter, "I will not reach my hand out to save him." In Khadamiya, too, the narrative about Aug. 31 has changed. Karrar Hussein, 28, was crossing the bridge when the stampede began. Ask him about al-Obeidi, and his cheerful demeanor...
...Don’t stop believing. Hold on to that feeling.” What the song teaches us is to stop searching for the next quick pleasure in the easiest way possible, to look around us and enjoy what we have now, without irony and without shame. Because, ultimately, life’s not about the destination: It’s about the Journey.—Sachi A. Ezura ’08 is a Sociology concentrator in Eliot House. At time of writing, she has not stopped believing...
...people who live and work around Tokiwadai will have to get by without Miyamoto looking out for them - and as the city closes down the kobans, omawari like him will become a vanishing breed in Tokyo. The government needs to cut its budget, but it will be a shame if cops like Miyamoto are lost in the process. "Police officers are always in uniform so there's usually some distance from us," says Kawano the grocer. "But he wasn't like that. He was more like a pal." He was also a hero. Reported by Yuki Oda/Tokyo
...obscurantist’ is a screen for ignorance. And it is an odd sort of “hen house” that has so many roosters. Most research projects at the Institute have nothing to do with gender. After having read this opinion piece, that is perhaps a shame...
...editors: Shame on Christopher B. Lacaria ’09 for his uninformed and anti-intellectual column (“The Apotheosis of Dr. Faust,” Feb. 11) disparaging President-elect Drew Gilpin Faust, whose selection has been greeted by real celebration by those on the more “academic” side of the Harvard spectrum, whether in science or the humanities. Shame, too, on the many undergraduate commentators (visible in The Crimson’s online edition) who make similar comments and claim to be “disappointed” with the selection...