Word: correcting
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...CORRECT CARTOONS...
...like to correct some points in your story about my book The Bible Code [RELIGION, June 9]. I didn't write it for money. No one works five years on a book to get rich. I wrote it because I believe that there is a code in the Bible and that we would be foolish to ignore its apparent warnings. As the code's discoverer, the eminent Israeli mathematician Eliyahu Rips, told my publisher in a signed letter, the Bible code contained an accurate prediction of the Gulf War before it began. I was not being "defensive" when I told...
CHOLESTEROL CONUNDRUM Young girls with high cholesterol (above 170) may not be able to correct the problem by slimming down. In girls, unlike boys, cholesterol levels seem to have nothing to do with body...
...fair to say that it's not idealistic to want self-gain, self-progress and self-gratification? Isn't it possible that our point of view may be that preservation of self is the best solution to making the world a better place? You seem to be correct in saying my generation is very materialistic; we care about the cars we drive and the houses we own. But the difference between us and the matures is that we want these things for ourselves, as opposed to wanting them to keep up with our neighbors. I'm in this for myself...
...take some chances," Drudge admits. But he boasts that his items are "80% accurate"--counting his (correct) prediction of Bob Dole's running mate and his (apparently inaccurate) report that Paula Jones saw a bald-eagle tattoo in Bill Clinton's crotch area. His brand of fast-and-loose journalism seems to work online, where getting it first often means more than getting it right. And why not? It's a fast-food medium, and increasingly savvy users are learning (thank you, Pierre Salinger) to take a fistful of salt with every byte...