Word: victimness
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...example, I met one Srebrenica victim who seemed almost staid about her traumas, as if the loss of her husbands and sons was just a bad memory, like a bad grade on a test. This woman could not speak English, and of course I did not speak BCS (Bosnian, Croat, Serbian), so we greeted each other with “As-Salamu Alaykum” (Peace be upon you). She pointed to her T-shirt, which indicated that she was in the “Mothers of Srebrenica” group, and when I looked at her again I could...
...very grateful for the experience. I am now more intensely aware of others’ unspeakable distress than I was just a few months ago, less a victim to the desensitization that affects all of us as we see the news flashing dead bodies in front of our faces. Now it’s no longer easy to yawn or change the channel when the news turns to brutality far from home. Perhaps most importantly, I am cognizant of the need to break through the impatient flurry of 24-hour news, and I am driven to seek genuine human contact...
...among us hasn't fallen victim to a little celebrity worship? Whether the object of our affections are movie stars, athletes, poets or politicians (just look at how many Americans are getting a buzz off Sarah Palin and Barack Obama), we're hungry for information about them. We want to know what they're saying, what they're wearing, where they're going and whom they're with. Indeed, billion-dollar industries revolve around our indefatigable obsession with celebrities. And now new scientific research has found that celebri-crushes are not only common but maybe even healthy: a study published...
...future practice.” Such a broad agenda endows the committee with the authority necessary to complete the task at hand, but its breadth verges on vagueness, and in a committee setting, such agendas often lead to nothing more than unsubstantial and unhelpful recommendations. Rather than fall victim to such ambiguity, the HUPD review committee’s broad agenda must clarify, not muddle, the central questions to which the Harvard community urgently needs answers: Does HUPD practice racial profiling? Does it do enough to prepare its officers to handle racially complex situations with sensitivity and propriety...
...victim, who refused medical attention, had a swollen lip and two bumps on his forehead, the advisory said...