Word: stricken
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Kamadi, 23, lives in a fishing port on the east coast of India with her husband and 4-year-old daughter. All three are stricken with HIV. Kamadi learned she had AIDS in late 2005, when pregnant with her second child, which she aborted. Having been on ARVS, Kamadi now feels stronger, especially psychologically. Though she suffers bouts of depression, she has sought out a women's support group and meets regularly with these newfound friends. The group has given her an active social life and an even more valuable gift: self-confidence...
...Toshiaki is also central to their plans. When he tells Kiyomi that his article on mitochondria has been accepted by Nature, the mitochondria speak through her: "I knew you were the one I've been looking for." After Kiyomi dies, the grief-stricken Toshiaki hits on the creepy plan to keep a bit of her alive by culturing her liver cells. His obsessive love of his wife and his science blind him to the strangeness of what he's doing. But the mitochondria see a perfect opportunity and rejoice. They will harness his expertise in biotechnology to conquer the world...
...entering the match against Brown. The loss shocked a team that had previously been tops in the Ivy League. The overtime loss was followed by a double-overtime draw against Holy Cross and a comeback against lowly Princeton. The team with copious options in the attacking third was suddenly stricken with an inability to find the back of the net. What was once seamless play quickly transformed into long-ball tactics and sloppiness in the midfield. Dartmouth marched onto Ohiri Field and ended all hope of an Ivy title with a 1-0 victory. But November brought the Crimson back...
...drought-stricken Karamoja region of Uganda - an east African country slightly smaller than Oregon, just west of Kenya - St. Kizito is where malnourished children are brought to get better. Locals say this hospital in the town of Matany is the only good one for perhaps 100 miles: no doubt that's one reason why the therapeutic feeding center, as the malnutrition program is called, houses 33 young patients in its one room with eight cots. Inside, a handful of mothers sit and feed the children who are too weak to play, or even...
...long been the human face of the Communist Party. Netizens responded rapturously. "I couldn't help crying when I saw the pictures of Premier Wen in the stricken region," wrote a poster in a typical comment. "I feel very safe to have a wonderful leader like this." The praise will reassure the party hierarchy. Having long since discarded their Marxist-Leninist ideology, China's leaders are increasingly dependent on the approval of the public for their legitimacy; the survival of the party may ultimately depend on its handling of crises...