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...wrong side of the political carousel and is imprisoned after a mock court case. After leading a revolt for democracy, Matapari’s father is also thrown in jail. During a rally to free his father, Matapari asks, “Why were men making other men suffer? These people who only wanted to express themselves and who were merely asking for Papa’s release? But actually, weren’t these people really asking for democracy?…And suddenly I had a revelation, a moment of enlightenment: We were fighting for freedom, we were...
...initiative to replace it. The vote means the state will remain the only one to continue flying a flag that contains symbols of the Confederacy. But unlike in South Carolina, which eventually stopped flying the flag over the statehouse amid threats of economic sanction, Mississippi isn't expected to suffer much more financial hardship over the decision than it already does as the Union's poorest state. Still, supporters were disappointed...
...seeing a proliferation of novel arrangements in her practice. "We try to brainstorm with parents so they can come up with their own unique solutions, and it's astonishing how many solutions there are to the problem of how to deal with children so they don't suffer from divorce," says Frisch. Among her divorced clients are ex-spouses who birdnest, a father who relocated to another state to maintain contact with his kids and accommodate his ex-wife's new job assignment, a mother who helps out at her ex-husband's business...
...daily life, that gym-rat pressure is even more intense: our jobs, our marriages, our lives are at stake. Says McCall: "We know that a high percentage of the maladies that people suffer from have at least some component of stress in them, if they're not overtly caused by stress. Stress causes a rise of blood pressure, the release of catecholamines (neurotransmitters and hormones that regulate many of the body's metabolic processes). We know that when catecholamine levels are high, there tends to be more platelet aggregation, which makes a heart attack more likely." So instead...
...same should be done for concentrations. Sophomores and juniors currently make their way through concentrations without being solicited for responses, and thereby suffer (or rejoice) from their concentration in silence. Hopes and fears may go unmentioned. Are the tutors too distant? The workload more than expected? Senior tutors or mental-health professionals may get an earful from a fed-up student, but that information is not registered, and more students are condemned to fall into the same traps...