Word: sicklied
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...America is so money-oriented. (Thank God! It's always helped me!) But it has its disadvantages because the psychiatrists know their business doesn't mean a thing if there are no sick people around, and so they make everybody feel guilty. You know, all New York City is running to a psychiatrist. All America thinks it has sexual hang ups. Everybody's running to shrinks...
Blankets' charm and strength are that, like a love-sick teenager, the book is not embarrassed to be earnest about either Craig and Raina's romance or their religion (in one panel, hormone-drunk Craig sees Raina as a vision from Song of Solomon). As their affair gets complicated, so does the novel, becoming a bittersweet meditation on family, faith, loss and memory...
...Indeed, to the outside world it would seem in Kim's best interest to move swiftly to settlement. "North Korean leaders realize their economy is very sick, and they don't want it to die," says a Western diplomat in Seoul. Though Kim would not immediately get from the U.S. his full wish list?a security guarantee, diplomatic ties and an end to economic sanctions?aid would flow if he opened his nuclear programs to the invasive inspections that the U.S. and its allies demand...
...hour later, I’m sitting on the pavement, and I’ve seen a parade of sick, disabled, and blind young and old, being wheeled or prodded towards the grotto to receive their blessing. Hearing poignant organ music in the background and operating on little sleep, I have been robbed of self-control; my sobs come in big hiccuping gulps that I hide as best I can beneath my sunglasses...
...train station I meet two American women from Boston who flew all the way here to pray for a sick relative. As the train lurches forward, one pulls out her rosary and whispers a prayer. I turn away, but am thankful that I’ve seen her, and that I’ve seen Lourdes. Even though I’ve had no vision, and drawn no conclusion, I know I haven’t passed through this holy ground unchanged...