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...bleeding away of compassion. As the civil wars spiral out of control, sympathy for solitary victims gives way to a numb horror at the mounting carnage. Which, for anyone doubting the modern-day relevance of these works, is not so far from the reactions of television viewers barraged by blanket media coverage of atrocities in Bosnia or Rwanda...
Throughout the race, official runners will have their pace monitored by chips installed in their shoes. At the finish line, volunteers will meet them with a warm blanket and a bronze participant medal...
...week. The answer is not stricter sentences to deter offenders, but programs to help troubled youths before they commit crimes. Dangerous juveniles certainly need to be locked up, but these decisions need to be made on a case-by-case basis. These are decisions that should not depend on blanket sentencing laws-individual responses are needed for unique circumstances...
...news is about Jessica, our first grandchild (have a cigar; no, don't), who was born on March 1, just under 7 lbs. and 19 in. big. I hold her on the couch as she sleeps swaddled--part baby, part blanket--in the crook of my arm. Her harpist's fingers twitch in independent dreams. The threads of blue veins above her barely visible eyebrows run like rivers on a map. It comes back to you, holding babies--the surprisingly substantial weight...
Although I am inclined to agree with many of Justin G. Fong's observations concerning the East Asian population in most of the U.S., I don't think it helps to print such an article. Making a blanket statement about Asians in a well-read publication certainly does not make others view Asians in a better light. Indeed, most will lower their level of respect for all Asians...