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...often seen as outspoken and controversial. Did you go on Dancing with the Stars to change what people think? -Debra Parrish, BostonYes, I need to change people's perception of me and let them know the new Mark. I'm not a screamer, but if there's a Mavericks game on and I yell for one second of it, that [ends up] on TV. Dancing was also a better way to rehab [after my hip replacement] than traditional physical therapy...
...think America will ever regain the honor and prestige of our "Greatest Generation"? -Debra Sexton, Bethel Island, Calif. Within every generation there is greatness. What you don't want to have America do again is to go through the tests that made the Greatest Generation: first the Depression, and then World...
...parent who has tried to buy tickets for her tour, which sold out in minutes and have fetched more than $1,000 from scalpers. (The reselling--legal in most states--prompted outrage and lawsuits, giving kids a lesson in the American pillars of capitalism and litigation.) Says Debra Rathwell, senior vice president of AEG Live, the tour's promoter: "I've had e-mails from people saying, 'Should I not pay my mortgage this month and go to Hannah Montana?'" With the popularity of Hannah (and franchises including High School Musical, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and Cheetah...
...ability to cure any one social ill, what would it be and why? -Debra Lightner Riverdale, NJIn this, the richest country in the history of the world, I think not addressing poverty, domestically, is the one issue that I would really like to point a finger at. Community service as it pertains to affordable housing is what I'm really focused on. Volunteerism in your community is something that is really rewarding and I find it has given me more personal satisfaction than any accolade that my profession brings me. You never know, the people that you're helping...
When Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana confessed to "a very serious sin" on Monday night, Debra Jean Palfrey was not about to forgive him. Sin is one thing; but Palfrey believes Vitter - a proponent of the "sanctity of marriage" - should fess up if that sin was a crime as well. After all, she notes, prostitution is a legal offense for both purveyor and consumer. And as the so-called "D.C. Madam" whose escort service Vitter says he used, Palfrey says the agency she ran was merely one-half of the alleged equation. "Why am I the only person being prosecuted...