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Literary Heroes Talk about twisted priorities! you feature the obituary and picture of John Hughes, director of forgettable, cotton-candy movies, and yet give Budd Schulberg, an important literary figure, a scant few lines [Aug. 24]. It makes me wonder if your arts editors are about 14 years old. Apart from his novel What Makes Sammy Run?, Schulberg was around in an important era of major literary figures and was a colleague of F. Scott Fitzgerald on movie scripts about which he wrote a novel, The Disenchanted. Trevor Hoyle, NEWHEY, ENGLAND...
...true in today's world as it was in the antebellum South: cotton is king. The plant has been cultivated for its fiber for over 7,000 years, and today it's grown by more than 20 million farmers in some 80 countries. But while cotton accounts for nearly 40% of the fiber used worldwide to make clothing, there's one thing the plant has never been able to do well: feed people. Cottonseeds are a rich source of protein--the current cotton crop produces enough seeds to meet the daily requirements of half a billion people a year...
...JANEIRO Eco-conscious shoppers favor Osklen's organic-cotton tote...
...August afternoon in 2008, Ted Kennedy took John Kerry sailing on his 50-ft. schooner, the Mya.It was a perfect day on the water, sunny with the occasional cotton-ball cloud riding the strong winds over the family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass. With the Mya's blue hull moving at a good clip, Kennedy turned to his old friend with reminiscences of failed campaigns past: Kennedy's bid for the presidency in 1980 and Kerry's in 2004. What concerned Kennedy, who three months earlier had learned he had a malignant brain tumor, was legacy - Kerry's legacy...
Just how bad is the traditional fair food for us? Put it this way (as ISU Extension did with a clever nutritional display at the fair a few years ago): A 150-pound person must walk one mile to burn off the calories from consuming cotton candy; three miles for cheese on-a-stick; four miles for a corn dog; 5 miles for a fried candy bar; and 11 miles for a gigantic grilled turkey...