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...incorrect in some facts. I am the owner and captain of the sailing vessel Satori, which your reviewer said sank in the fierce 1991 storm off the East Coast. In fact, before evacuating the vessel, I lashed the helm, sheeted in the storm jib and checked the compass. Seven days after my crew and I were rescued, I had Satori pulled off the beach in Maryland. Her bilges were dry, and there was no structural damage. Since then, I've sailed her 6,000 miles. RAYMOND LEONARD Pittsford...
...game at work for all Americans forever. Industry leaders know this, and that's why they have put Generation X on the front burner of their corporate agendas. They know that Generation X is a lens through which to see the future of work, and can act as a compass to guide business leaders into that future. BRUCE TULGAN New Haven, Conn...
...hearts go out to her. Lieut. Flinn's behavior was not only shameful but, since she was a military officer, less than honorable as well. Marc was brought up to know right from wrong, and as parents we feel responsible for the loss of the moral compass he once had. It is our fervent hope he regains it, and we believe he will. PAUL ZIGO Neptune...
...step forward bravely and confess that his or her life hasn't turned out at all like expected. Our hearts will skip a beat as we wonder how our former classmate failed. The truth, of course, is that the only failure is the person who loses their inner moral compass, who gives up hope, who becomes part of the system instead of a voice urging--sometimes in the face of public opinion--to change it. It is of no use to profit in the world if we lose our soul...
...area of the brain that controls impulsive and irrational behavior. Addicts, in fact, display many of the symptoms shown by patients who have suffered strokes or injuries to the prefrontal cortex. Damage to this region, University of Iowa neurologist Antonio Damasio and his colleagues have demonstrated, destroys the emotional compass that controls behaviors the patient knows are unacceptable...