Word: touchings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Ashley is not an object, something to touch, snuggle, hug and feed. She shouldn't be reduced to a "pillow angel," a sort of living puppet to cuddle. Her parents, with the complicity of an ethics committee, violated not only Ashley's body but also her soul. Do the disabled have to undergo such procedures for their lives to be considered worth preserving? Everyone needs to be respected and loved for who they are. Ashley's case is a sign of the beginning of the end of a civilization. Pietro Dri Porpetto, Italy...
...themselves psychotherapists to meet certain standards. Some of Freud's ideas have been rightly discarded, says Gil Anaf, president of Australia's National Association of Practising Psychiatrists, but Freud was right in arguing that early trauma can mess up people for life: "And with drugs you can't even touch personality difficulties and maladjustment...
...think it adds such a special touch having Audrey win it at the end,” captain Kyla Grigg said. “She’s one of our amazing seniors and she deserves it. I’m so happy for her and so happy for the team...
...that helped the band distinguish itself from its pop peers on 2005’s “From Under the Cork Tree.” The track titles alone show the distinction: instead of “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More ‘Touch Me,’” listeners of the new album get “The Carpal Tunnel of Love.” Even before you break open the shrink wrap, it feels like Fall Out Boy just isn’t trying. It’s unfortunate, since...
...experiences, even if they are fictional characters and plots. But when self-help and literature merge into one, both complexity and empathy are lost. Readers turn inwards, accept what they are told is wrong with them, and accept the automatic solution. But if you have been tainted by the touch of Albom, all is not yet lost. The best way to break the self-help habit is to quit cold-turkey: put down “The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem,” turn off Dr. Phil, and stop your correspondence with Dear Abby. If you still feel...