Word: victimness
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Richard Powers is out with a new novel, “The Echo Maker.” The cover is deceptively serene—a solitary bird casually flies over an empty field. The book is actually about a truck accident, memory loss, and discovering dark secrets. The amnesic victim, his sister, and a renowned neurologist team up to figure out just what happened. There is no mention of a bird. However, the back flap does list the impressive awards that Powers has won for his past work, which includes eight novels. An innovative plot and a strong authorial track...
...yellow") course from the plains of Qinghai near Tibet to the Bohai Bay, opposite the Korean Peninsula - as "China's Sorrow." The name refers to the floods that have plagued people along its banks for millennia, but it has resonated painfully in recent years as the river has fallen victim to excessive damming, frequent pollution and misguided diversion schemes...
Anna heavily criticized Muslim extremism, but she also dug up cases of Russian intelligence services falsely incriminating innocent civilians in the war zone. Her dissent sought to convince Russians their freedoms were the worst victim of the Chechen...
...Playing the Victim in Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson is a target of a federal corruption investigation and not welcome in his own party. But with the backing of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, he may just win reelection
...Playing the Victim in Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson is a target of a federal corruption investigation and not welcome in his own party. But with the backing of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, he may just win reelection