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...Suicide bombers escape the harsh reality of dealing with life in this world: hunger, death of loved ones, frustration and tears. They don't see the carnage they cause or the grieving relatives of the victims. Instead, the bombers get a free ticket out of the world, leaving sorrow and anguish behind them. How nice for them. But they are cowards. The heroes are those who stay and help others through the suffering, regardless of the pain. Calvin Sale Klamath Falls, Oregon, U.S. I was disturbed by the article "Professor of Death" on the Iraqi insurgent who trains suicide bombers...
...colonialism, the father of apartheid. "My God, my God, what have we done in the name of that dominion and for the sake of that subjugation?" he asks. "All those countless dead, now rising up to nod their heads at us and shake their fists at us in silent sorrow and accusation." No one knows that sorrow better than Zakes Mda, whose 2000 The Heart of Redness, about the assault of modernity on traditional ways, is the most powerful novel by a black writer in recent years. Mda's The Whale Caller, published in August, is a much subtler tale...
...Dvorak: Four Piano Trios The Lanier Trio (Gasparo). The Dvorak piano trios are four of the glories of the chamber-music literature; the sorrow and the pity is that they are not known to a wider audience. The Lanier Trio -- William Preucil, violin; Dorothy Lewis, cello; and Cary Lewis, piano -- lavish impeccable ensemble and golden tone on each piece...
...storm and the fifth movement represents conciliation and thanksgiving. In Schumann’s third, the “event” is the interior of the great Gothic Cathedral just south of Duesseldorf. It is nearly impossible to discern if the fourth movement is the deepest expression of sorrow or joy, but the extremities of joy and sorrow can often seem indistinguishable due to the profundity of feelings involved. In the fifth movement, Schumann views his solemn experience in the interior of the cathedral from the outside, using many of the same themes and figures he used...
...funeral. Here’s one thing I know about me: along with the gefilte fish, I inherited a longing for self-control. In difficult situations, I can usually rein in my emotions. It’s not that I don’t feel anger or sorrow or frustration, but I’ve gotten pretty good at keeping them in check. But when my dad called the night I heard about Grandpa’s death, my ability to remain in control dropped out from beneath me. As the sun set on a quiet residential street...