Word: withdrawn
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Seven years have passed since Alex Uihlein was treated at Children's Hospital, but Berde remembers him well. "He arrived in severe pain, essentially confined to a wheelchair, and if anyone moved his legs or touched them, he would cry and scream," Berde says. "He was withdrawn and just in very, very bad shape." Alex viewed Berde warily. "I was sick of dealing with doctors who didn't understand," Alex says now. But he found Berde different. For one thing, Berde listened. "He did understand," Alex says. "He believed in me, so I believed...
...second period begins in 802, when the royal capital of the Khmer was established at Angkor, beside the sacred river--the "Khmer Ganges"--of Siem Reap. It was to last six centuries. The sculpture of high Angkor tends to be more severe, hieratical and augustly withdrawn than the earlier work. The face of the great 9th century Vishnu figure from the town of Siem Reap bears an imperious expression, and the god's four hands, grasping his symbolic attributes--a club for knowledge, a ball signifying the earth, a chakra or disc symbolizing power and a conch betokening water...
...being a Khmer sculptor, and not a single artist's name in all the 1,000 years of Cambodian art has been recorded.) Which hardly matters, since the subject of this dense, exquisitely carved image is less a man than a conception of kingship: full of presence but withdrawn in meditation, centered, and plain to the point of humility. As pure as any Brancusi, it is one of the most touching icons in all Asian sculpture. As you scan it, the remoteness of the time and the society in which it was made ceases to matter...
...North and South Korea sit down with China and the U.S. for talks, at Columbia University in New York, about lifting or easing economic sanctions against the North. TIME Seoul correspondent Stella Kim says that although the negotiations themselves and China's participation are a milestone, North Korea has withdrawn from talks at the last minute on three previous occasions...
...North and South Korea sit down with China and the U.S. for talks, at Columbia University in New York, about lifting or easing economic sanctions against the North. TIME Seoul correspondent Stella Kim says that although the negotiations themselves and China's participation are a milestone, North Korea has withdrawn from talks at the last minute on three previous occasions...