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Thirteen days later, she died from her
wounds.
Such might have been the case, four years earlier, following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, had Kennedy not died from his
wounds.
The
wounds
of the past have left deep scars that have not yet healed, and which today are being reopened.
Indeed, he even praised the democratic movements that buried the Soviet Union and its sphere of influence, and he expressed no sympathy for the twentieth century’s revolutions, which he called “deep wounds” that humanity inflicted on itself.
The Green ParadoxThe protesters have returned to their home countries, the injured are licking their wounds, the heads of state are back to business as usual, and Heiligendamm, the old spa on Germany’s Baltic coast, is resuming its dream of imperial beauty.
A multilayered and complex chronicle of the devastating tragedies of the twentieth century, Blinding is an insistent, informed, and irreplaceable incursion into the moving landscape of the human soul, its
wounds
and voids, its vitality and versatility, its deep distortions and its unpredictable dynamics.
Unlike Europe, Asia’s
wounds
from WWII never healed.
In conflict and post-conflict environments like Afghanistan or South Sudan, a safe and peaceful future will depend on a new generation being able to heal its emotional and psychological wounds, just as it did in my native Bangladesh after our Liberation War in 1971.
But they are animated by an ideal – the profound conviction that complicity in mass murder should not go unpunished, and that justice is essential for Bangladeshi society’s four-decade-old
wounds
to heal fully.
But no such institutions exist in Asia, where long-standing historical grievances among China, Japan, Korea, India, and other countries remain open
wounds.
Such trials would probably have gone on nearly forever, leaving gaping
wounds
open.
The fiery emotions inspired by this dispute – some Koreans even mutilated themselves in protest against Japan – suggest that the
wounds
of the Japanese war in Asia are still fresh.
And yet it would be too simple to ascribe the current dispute entirely to the open
wounds
of the last world war.
Hobbled by the self-inflicted
wounds
of the debt-ceiling debacle in the summer of 2011 – which undermined economic growth and job creation, and further damaged Americans’ confidence in their political system – the US Congress and President Barack Obama’s administration recognized the need for a measured and rational approach to fiscal reform.
But healing Lebanon’s
wounds
requires finding the means to offer alienated Shia what they want and need most, and not what outsiders think they should want or need.
For example, alcohol is now considered an inefficient method for cleaning wounds, because it kills infection-fighting white blood cells.
That said, the situation in Syria and recent Israeli aggression in Gaza remain open
wounds.
The pursuit of truth is important, Francis said, “not for the sake of opening old wounds, but rather as a necessary means of promoting justice, healing, and unity.”
President Hassan Rouhani famously promised a domestic version of the deal to heal Iran’s political wounds, and to further address its economic woes.
The BJP, licking its
wounds
after such a rout, must now decide what sort of election campaign it will conduct to retain power in New Delhi.
And his younger brother, Dzhokhar, recovering from gunshot
wounds
in a Boston hospital while waiting to be put on trial for his life, seems to have been a pathetic follower who acted less out of deep conviction than out of fraternal love.
Sometimes the
wounds
of the past are so fresh that even democratic governments deliberately impose silence in order to foster unity.
A loose and somewhat confused project, the Alliance of Civilizations aims to heal the
wounds
of conflict between Islam and the West through education, viable integration policies, and a better-informed dialogue with the media.
The region’s people are sliding into enemy camps, deepening their societies’
wounds
in the process.
Healing the
wounds
to which all sides have at times contributed, and practicing forgiveness, should be the order of the day.
To the extent that time heals wounds, that is reason enough for hope.
All sorts of old
wounds
will inevitably open up if the euro falls so far so soon.
Those soaring minarets, those black headscarves, are threatening because they rub salt in the
wounds
of those who feel the loss of their own faith.
It will take years to rebuild physical infrastructure, establish strong institutions, and heal the
wounds
of war.
I could add more to this list, but that would merely be to rub salt into our wounds, which are my own as well.
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