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...there anything you won't make fun of? - Jennifer Black Stern, Aliso Viejo, Calif. In May there were rumors that Patrick Swayze had passed away. I didn't perpetuate those rumors. When Heath Ledger passed away, there were hordes of paparazzi camped outside Michelle Williams' house. I didn't run any of those pictures. There are certain things that to me are just right or are just very wrong. It's a fine line, and I walk it in my head...
...breast cancer or alcoholism "should pass on the pint and order soda." Soda?! Since when is soda a healthful option? In a day and age when herb-infused and antioxidant-laden beverages abound, couldn't he have recommended something other than carbonated high-fructose corn syrup? Helena Chen, ALISO VIEJO, CALIF...
...only do we struggle to understand why some people seem to have more ambition than others, but we can't even agree on just what ambition is. "Ambition is an evolutionary product," says anthropologist Edward Lowe at Soka University of America, in Aliso Viejo, Calif. "No matter how social status is defined, there are certain people in every community who aggressively pursue it and others who aren't so aggressive...
...Saddam's progeny should wake us up to the dangers of power by birthright. I can only hope that the exposure of the excesses and cruelty of Saddam's sons will put other Middle East dictators on notice that someday they too may be fully exposed. RICHARD DAVID DORENSTREICH Aliso Viejo, Calif...
...highflyer like Netscape Communications or Pixar Animation that has enriched its owners almost beyond counting, there are dozens of losers that have dashed their founders' dreams. Smith Micro Software, for example, jumped from $12 a share to $14.50 a share amid the frenzy of the IPO market when the Aliso Viejo, California, maker of software for modems went public last Sept. 18. Since then the stock has cooled to about $7.25 a share, leaving founders William and Rhonda Smith to face the wrath of shareholders who sued the company in December over the slump in price. Investors who initially paid...