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...Star in Her Own Right Richard Corliss's so-called appreciation of Hong Kong pop star and actress Anita Mui, who died in December from cervical cancer, was downright condescending [Jan. 12]. Corliss compared Mui with Greta Garbo, but he gave Mui only a fraction of the respect that Garbo has received. Corliss seemed unaware of the tapestry of friendships Mui wove throughout her life in the treacherous world of show business and unaware, too, of the professionalism she displayed in the series of performances she gave in the months before her death. Mui was more than an "Asian Madonna...
Clark is a model of frugality as well. She and her husband Dorrance raised 10 children on modest salaries. When he developed lung cancer in 1991, she stopped working to care for him until he died. She has lived in the same house since she was 1 year old. She seldom buys anything for herself, reuses already reused sewing material and carefully budgets her food money. "You plan out what you can afford," she says...
...come up with new drugs, it is slow to acknowledge the contributions of the Federal Government and American taxpayers. Universities, foundations, researchers and congressional committees have concluded for years that many major drugs owe their origins to research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Cancer Institute and other public agencies. A report by the Joint Economic Committee of Congress in 2000, then headed by Republican Senator Connie Mack of Florida, summed it up: "The Federal Government, mainly through the NIH, funds about 36% of all U.S. medical research ... Of the 21 most important drugs introduced between...
...Salvation Army, a faith-based charity best known for its disaster-relief efforts and thrift stores, hit the philanthropic jackpot when McDonald's heiress Joan Kroc, who died last fall of brain cancer, left it a record-setting $1.5 billion bequest. But the evangelical group spent several weeks debating whether to accept the windfall. Why look a McMegabucks gift horse in the mouth? The money comes as a mixed blessing because Kroc earmarked the donation to build--but only partly maintain--dozens of community centers across the country. A prototype for these lavish centers already exists in San Diego courtesy...
DIED. JERRY NACHMAN, 57, feisty New York City newsman; of gallbladder cancer; in Hoboken, N.J. He brought his quick wit, tabloid aggressiveness and (formerly) sizable girth to top news jobs at New York's WCBS-TV and WNBC-TV, the New York Post and most recently MSNBC, where he was editor in chief as well as the host of a weeknight talk show...