Her growing intimacy with Changez, while interestingly free of the racial tensions that traditionally afflict such couples in literature, is nevertheless thwarted by her inability to forget Chris or allow Changez to take his place.
But while current research points to biochemical abnormalities as a possible explanation for the disorder, the cause of the speech impairment that has afflicted such historical figures as Aristotle, Clara Barton and Winston Churchill remains unknown.
Social stigmas surrounding mental health treatment, in general, and the conditions afflicting veterans, such as PTSD, which had not even been identified a generation ago, have largely dissipated.
Capitalizing on existing funds allocated for research related to diseases afflicting Africa, such as the WHO's Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Mr. Norris focuses on the evasions, euphemisms and tongue-tied paralysis that afflict such discussions and comes to the conclusion that talk — at least among the all-American solipsists he portrays — is worse than cheap: it's valueless.
Unfortunately, the Australian housing market shares similarities with countries afflicted by such bubbles: the United States, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands and Ireland.
For these words to come from a man who was afflicted with such a debilitating illness seemed extraordinary to me.
In ordinary circumstances, a person so clearly afflicted with such a diverse array of personality disorders might deserve our sympathy.
Stephen Cowan, a New York pediatrician who is also a certified medical acupuncturist, said Western medicine is great for acute problems that often afflict kids, such as ear infections.
But on Coldplay's third album, "X&Y" (Capitol), the band has apparently caught the virus Significatio terribilis, a condition that previously afflicted bands such as U2.
