Word: war-torn
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...feeling of war-torn optimism permeates the lyrics. Bono sings as someone who has seen what is worst in the world and still finds a sublime beauty behind the tears. Throughout the album, there is a recurring message that even in the darkest moments, one can find the strength to stand tall and find hope...
...Harv” Henderson, as he is now called, has been lucky in many of his subsequent tours of duty. Stationed near the war-torn Balkans and the Middle East over the last few years, Henderson had the opportunity to distinguish himself as a leader...
...help identify and reunite children with their families. This kit--the contents are on netaid.org--was constructed by the International Rescue Committee. It includes most things necessary to provide for the immediate needs of children separated from their families and begin reunification. The kits will be used in war-torn West Africa and East Timor. Price...
...writing extensively, and his first book, Un Fusil dans le Main, Une Poeme dans la Poche (A Gun in the Hand, a Poem in the Pocket) had already won him prizes for the best French novel written by a non-Frenchman. When Roth heard Dongala was trapped in war-torn Congo, he drew on the lobbying power of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and writer William Styron, among others, to send him the all-important visas that would allow him and his family to evacuate. Roth also secured a professorship for Dongala at Simon’s Rock College...
DIED. CHUNG JU YUNG, 85, industry titan who helped revive South Korea's war-torn economy with his founding of the Hyundai Group; in Seoul. Chung, whose company's cars and electronics embodied his country's "economic miracle," had seen his reputation tarnished in recent years through debt, an inability to streamline the firm in the face of the Asian financial crisis, and allegations of fraud and cronyism. Last year the Hyundai Group was splintered by two of his sons, who served as the company's co-chairmen...