| 1 | He felt no warmth towards his comrades but was cold, indifferent and apathetic. | |
| 2 | Home Office officials can be insensitive - they need training in how to relate to these people better. | |
| 3 | But thousands of microbloggers in China have used the juxtaposition of callousness and heroism to fuel a wrenching debate over whether people in their country lack compassion and, if so, why. | |
| 4 | But once on the job, the consultants stay focused beyond the point when most minds go numb. | |
| 5 | Some people lose themselves in playing computer games or eat or drink to excess. And some people feel numb, as if nothing has happened. |