Word: stricken
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...fierce warriors breaks into a heavy two-step, like clumsy backup singers in a doo-wop group. But this isn't an all-singing show, and it certainly isn't all dancing. It is a musical that becomes a spectacular morality play, an adventure with a soft and stricken heart...
...days before the war-crimes tribunal was established, I was stricken with anguish and anger over the things that Milosevic did in the name of my nation. When the investigators contacted me in 1999, I agreed to testify, although Milosevic was then firmly in power and the possibility of the trial seemed remote. So there I was, stuck for hours in a smoke-filled waiting room, drinking thin Dutch coffee and browsing through the only reading material available, a stack of women's magazines...
...right about the nation. Like its neighbor Bangalore, this ancient Muslim fort town is a hub for science and technology. But Hyderabad is also an example of what's still wrong with India. In the last few years, thousands of impoverished farmers have committed suicide in the barren, drought-stricken land outside the metropolis. For some, despair has turned to anger at the shiny city on the horizon, and their forsaken fields are now a front line in a little-noticed war between security forces and an estimated 10,000 Marxist guerrillas. In a land-mine attack a few hours...
That said, I was somewhat intrigued by the prospect of J.R. Ward’s “Lover Eternal,” another addition to the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. “Lover Eternal” chronicles the passionate affair between the vampire Rhage and the cancer-stricken human Mary Luce—it’s “Love Story” with fangs...
...culprit of that before I left,” says Gann, who studied at La Sorbonne. What separates Panarelli’s and Datar’s experiences from students like Gann’s is perhaps the tremendous difference in lifestyle between urban cities like Paris and poverty-stricken countries like Tanzania. For Panarelli, the lack of technology in Tanzania was both an obstacle and a learning experience. While grateful for the lack of modernization which helped her place more value on material comfort, by the end, she missed the convenience of hot water and electricity. In Datar?...