Word: shamings
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...other hand, according to the news, her husband and family had no idea she had a drinking problem. Her husband says he's never seen her drunk. It would seem there are a lot of people out there with alcohol and drug problems not being addressed due to shame or other factors, and in some cases it leads to tragic results...
...should come as no surprise that Yang's latest work, co-authored by Korean-American comic artist Derek Kirk Kim, revisits those dark places where feelings of self-doubt and shame linger. But rather than centering on ethnic identity this time, The Eternal Smile's trilogy straddles the line between reality and fantasy. In its opening story, "Duncan's Kingdom" (previously published in comic-book form in 1999), a knight embarks on a dangerous mission in order to win the hand of his beloved princess, but along the way gets distracted - in a send-up of the grail quest...
...white teeth.) There's time-lapse photography, footage shot on infrared film and some nail-biting moments that are milked for melodrama. The Cove is slick and smart and, in its real-life urgency, puts Hollywood capers like Mission: Impossible to shame...
...doctors may be reluctant to raise the issue in the first place. Checkups are typically too brief to allow a doctor to broach the topic tactfully and work out a detailed, practical weight-loss plan. Some doctors fear they will worsen the problem by embarrassing the child and instilling shame instead of empowering him or her to get healthy. And doctors worry about turning off Mom and Dad as well. "Every parent feels guilty that their child has a weight problem," says David Ludwig, the director of the Optimal Weight for Life Program at Children's Hospital Boston...
...Clinton when she spoke, did not react, but she did get a hearty laugh, followed by applause, from the mostly young people in the audience. Indeed, if Odinga thought to play into anticolonial feelings, he appears to have miscalculated. Most Kenyans share Clinton's views. "It is actually a shame that we need pressure from the U.S. to do what is right," the Daily Nation said in an editorial on Thursday. "I think she's done a good job of insisting that we put our house in order," said a man awaiting her appearance at a town-hall meeting...