Word: vigilancy
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Though close relatives of transplant patients have tended to be stoic, the toll has been considerable. It was only after the death of Barney Clark, the first man to receive a Jarvik-7, that his wife Una Loy admitted her travail. The stress of the 112-day vigil was so great, she said, "I had a hard time realizing what day of the week...
...ribbon was finally tied around the Lincoln Memorial. Nearly overwhelmed by the occasion, Merritt told the crowd, "I'm not going to cry. I'm just going to pray for peace." Afterward, sections of the ribbon were flown to Los Angeles and unfurled as demonstrators conducted a peace vigil along a 15-mile stretch of Wilshire Boulevard...
...swamped with aid offers. Less than 24 hours after the eruption, an Avianca Boeing 727 left Miami International Airport laden with privately donated medical supplies. Meanwhile, Spanish-speaking ham-radio operators in Miami were relaying messages from Colombia to the Florida consulate, where hundreds of anxious Colombians kept a vigil, hoping for news of relatives and other loved ones in the danger zone...
...very somber. The rosary was being recited as we moved slowly past the pontiff's body, and I was struck by the presence of Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, the pope's private secretary and the closest thing he had to family, who stood nearby, arms crossed, maintaining an intense vigil. I also saw the prefect of the papal household, Archbishop James Harvey originally of Milwaukee, sitting in a pew near the body...
...supportive of survivors and activists. So if you can find the time, ask yourself what it would mean to survivors to go for a few hours to give an audience to those who will be coming to share their experiences. Ask yourself what it would mean to attend a vigil, an all-male event about common unasked and unanswered questions about sexual violence, a discussion on violence in the BGLTQ community, or a benefit concert that will donate funds to the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center and Transition House. We think that it would say a lot. We spend...