A trauma is something one repeats and repeats, after all, and this is the tragedy of the Iqbals--that they can't help but reenact the dash they once made from one land to another, from one faith to another, from one brown mother country into the pale, freckled arms of an imperial sovereign.
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Because immigrants have always been particularly prone to repetition - it's something to do with that experience of moving from West to East or East to West or from island to island. Even when you arrive, you're still going back and forth; your children are going round and round. There's no proper term for it - original sin seems too harsh; maybe original trauma would be better.
One person's trauma is another's loss of innocence.
Life is such a glorious trauma, is it not?
The metro camp is trying very hard to commemorate Rabin and do as many things as possible to mention his name, call new places and streets by his name, and preach his legacy. The retro are trying to negate all that. They're saying it's a not a trauma at all.
This allows us to expand and provide critical care capability, which will give us rapid transport for any trauma or emergency injury patients.
Redeploying these valuable taconite plant assets affords a rare opportunity to sharply reduce project development costs while creating new employment opportunities in an area still recovering from the traumatic LTV plant closure.
We are more than happy to make the transition as easy as possible for these children and open our schools to them. They have already been through a traumatic experience with losing their homes and belongings. We not only want to meet their educational needs but also their physical needs.
While Hurricane Katrina's impact on people remains a national and international trauma, ... the animal situation is another massive saga that's still unfolding.
We'll be given an opportunity to show why David shouldn't be put through the trauma of reliving the horror.
She's laying with her head toward Vine Street and her body facing south, ... I couldn't see any obvious of trauma.
My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education.
So many of these students are experiencing a tremendous amount of trauma, ... Many times when there's a disaster, communities come together to help one another. It's gratifying.
Our hearts are with them. It's an awful thing to go through. Rape survivors often have to live with a lifetime of trauma and trouble, and we hope they will be OK.
In a life threatening situation like a heart attack or a trauma, 25 minutes is a long time. It could cause someone their life.
Some churches from time to time had gone through the trauma of splitting. Churches would call him in. He had a ministry of helping them to heal.
These shows help children to deal with the trauma of war and the resulting psychological stress. When our oldest performers play in rural areas, there is sometimes a mullah or former Taliban sitting in the audience, ... At first, they sit there unsmiling with crossed arms, but, the longer the program goes on, the more the stern faces relax, and at the end they even join in the laughter and applause.
Simply because the act is so traumatic. What would it do to ticket him for running a red light
School counselors were asked to try to comfort classmates of the child victims, The Associated Press reported. It's something the entire city and region will wrestle with for some time, ... It's going to be traumatic.
Gustavo Franco had a good relationship with international banks and this change is very traumatic. Everything now is going to be related to Fernando Henrique (Cardoso)'s stance and that of Congress.
It was during Auburn preparation. It was a Tuesday. We were getting ready for practice. Around lunch time, people started watching it and freaking out. We had a big team meeting about it. It was definitely something traumatic. It was really tough to put football aside.
Caregivers of those with a traumatic brain injury had their blood pressure recorded at certain time of day -- at meals and during other activities, ... The blood pressure of the people who had adopted the pets went down dramatically.
Trauma funds aren't going into the San Gabriel Valley, but paying for the trauma patients that get treated in the basin. Over 96 percent of patients are getting trauma care. We're doing the best we can do.
I talk a lot to Nova on the telephone. You can't be involved with people during such a traumatic time and not be bonded. And that's part of our services. If you need somebody to talk to in the middle of the night, call us.
And I am so thankful my son was not at home at the time. Even if he had not been hurt, it is a traumatic thing to go through, and I'm so glad he was spared that.
We are looking at his training schedule, as we do with all the players. He has been extremely unlucky with the trauma injuries he has suffered in the last few years, but we are in an impact sport and there is no way of preventing these things.
You have got to take into account the intensity of the game. We get a feel after the game, the physical toll it has taken on the players. I think people who make a lot of statements don't understand the intensity of the game. Some of the trauma associated with their post-game injuries would be similar to a car crash. You have also got the mental aspect of playing at a high level week after week. It is a totally different environment that we are talking about.
He's arguing that the limit may be starting to be reached as foreign investors avoid an over concentration of their portfolios' in dollars, but that the impact would likely not be traumatic.
I don't think it's a traumatic situation, but I do think a change in policy is needed to avoid getting into a traumatic situation.
The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you settle back to what you were. However it leaves an indelible mark on your psyche.
It's unrealistic to expect that you can bleach the trauma out of your mind. What treatment can help you do is learn how to cope with the experience, with the memories and to live in the present.
The problem was, he had to resolve, one way or another. If he got over the trauma, he'd become just another private eye, and I couldn't use him.
But they said he was going to be okay. At the same time, we were told he was going to the trauma unit.
This will force women out of the state and would cost more money and more time and a lot of women may not realize they have that option. It increases the trauma for those who have been sexually assaulted.
It's an intensely personal tragedy and trauma.
These are large, rural areas, so how many trauma centers can you have in Idaho, realistically But on the other hand, there are some changes that lawmakers could make that don't have a lot to do with being rural. A seat belt law could be enacted, and given those vast expanses of highways, that might be a good decision to make especially since there aren't a lot of trauma centers in Idaho.
It's been awful on the kids. It's like a trauma. So, I thought as long as I could stabilize her life and get her thinking about other things besides losing her home, losing her apartment.
The idea is for the victim to only have to tell their story once to reduce the trauma.
Biggest worry is trying to figure out why they are in the state they are in, if its not a trauma type situation like a car accident or something like that, if it's a medical you really feel behind behind the problem, but if you can have an idea what you are dealing with it puts us that much farther ahead in helping that patient out.
All of these things have the patient deal again and again with the trauma in a safe way, so the original trauma doesn't have the power to tap into those fears,
Your body goes through that shock, that trauma, it wakes you up. You got family, people that care about you. You want to make sure you're around for them.
The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom--as something they thought was almost a necessity. It's as if at that moment the iron entered their soul that moment created the resilience that leaders need.
We have a lot of faith that the miracle part is over, since he survived the initial trauma. Pat has a long road ahead, but he has an incredible amount of support behind him, including his many friends at the racetrack.
It's a traumatic experience. I mean, they're robbed at gunpoint, and of course, you can see this person, he's all business, he's aggressive. So it's a scary, scary situation.
When a large number of casualties hits a community, it causes a pocket of trauma, ... It's aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, boyfriends and girlfriends. ... It's not just 20 families, it's 200 families.
It's amazing how a traumatic memory can remain very much alive. It doesn't behave like a regular memory. The memory doesn't decay.
I have learned that some of the nicest people youll ever meet are those who have suffered a traumatic event or loss. I admire them for their strength, but most especially for their life gratitude - a gift often taken for granted by the average person in society.
It's going to be a traumatic time for everyone, there's no doubt about that.
The family desired that the matter be resolved without a trial. There's been enough trauma, misery and anguish already.
This government has inherited a number of traumatic issues that those who were in office before us did not have the courage to resolve,