Word: traumas
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...months after the incident, I spent a lot of time in my parents' bed at night. We stayed up late talking about the trauma--until I started having nightmares--at which point my parents and I convened earlier in the evening and established a time after which we were not allowed to talk about it because it was too close to bed time. We discussed my relationship with my coach, our thoughts and feelings during the attack, our fears when we were separated from each other in the hospital and the terror and frustration of not being able...
...cared for in the same way she was, all would die, when, in fact, rapid surgery could save some of these victims. I shall always have a sense of unease that Diana could have been saved. I hope the French medical community will again look at its protocols for trauma management, which seem at some variance with successful ones used in other countries. RUSSELL MILLNER, M.D. Blackpool, England...
...beginning of the novel as a weak young girl, subject to fits of narcolepsy and an emotionally abusive relationship, Sarah undergoes a remarkable transformation throughout the course of the story. By the end, she has become more confident and aware--indeed, more fully understanding of her sexual identity, the trauma she has endured and the pain she has inflicted upon others. Similarly, Terry's metamorphosis from the brash, omniscient film critic to a journalist coming to grips with his craft--one who wishes to mold the direction of his career--works because it is so human a change...
While sad stories of childhood trauma and freaks of plastic surgery do abound, such unfortunate victims of life would certainly find an equally tragic resting place even if institutions like Hooters were not there to welcome them with open arms. Further, there are plenty of women who exhibit their bodies simply out of a healthy pride in their own appearances...
...attitudes, its political opinions and social conscience--especially in the decades after World War II. In the '60s, during Vietnam, TIME was caught in a general American degringolade, a deconstruction of established authority from the President on down. In the '70s, TIME helped guide the nation through the trauma of Watergate, and as part of its role as moral counselor, published the only editorial in its history, urging Richard Nixon to resign...