Word: shells
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...that people want to be deceived. You don't go to John Edward because you believe, but because it's nice to pretend you believe, to bask in the lie. Miracle cures aren't about the cure, but about the miracle. And while that may mean grating lobster shell on my salad, it still sounds a lot better than working...
...responsibility, she felt she had been ripped away from a life she cherished. She suffered shortness of breath, headaches and tingling in her hands. Luba's doctor advised her to seek psychotherapy. She told her therapist that her life had "no meaning." She said, "I feel like a shell of a person. There's nothing left...
...Qaeda's early mortar volleys missed by hundreds of yards and then began closing in. Soldiers call it "walking in rounds"--staring in pained fascination as the enemy drops "steel rain" closer and closer to where you're hugging the ground. A shell landed 50 yards from Maroyka and nearly a dozen of his men. Maroyka felt blood and realized that a piece of shrapnel from the blast had nicked his face...
Whether Feinberg's hard shell is personality or professional affectation, it was cracked soon enough. During a Jan. 16 session with families from Cantor Fitzgerald, which lost 658 employees in the World Trade Center collapse, Feinberg turned pale and had to be helped to a seat by Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick. At a meeting shortly thereafter, a man asked Feinberg if he should fill out one or two applications for the fund because his wife was eight months pregnant when she died. Feinberg, who has three grown children, was near tears...
Lawyers representing shell-shocked Enron employees say something is better than nothing. "The amount of money pales in comparison to the losses, but it's an important psychological victory," says Seattle attorney Steve Berman, who represents 21,000 current and former Enron employees. "They will not rest--psychologically more than pocketbook-wise--until these people pay for it." --By Cathy Booth Thomas