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...hard that he was unable to talk or move at the end of some days on the set. Actress Judy Garland, who also died young, reportedly said she had to take pills to get to sleep at night and more pills in the morning before filming. See a doctor if you don't feel well. Kenneth Larson, Los Angeles...
...Educating Afghan Girls Re your story on efforts to persuade Afghan parents to send their daughters to school: As a teenager, I was deeply moved by 12-year-old Lida Ahmadyar's resolve to be a doctor [Jan. 28]. I am distressed that children in the developed world seem to take school for granted and that some show little interest in studying. While we spend our time playing with our gadgets, perhaps we should think about children like Lida in other regions of the world. Jackie Lai Yan-ki, Sai Kung, Hong Kong...
...concerns are boob jobs, baubles and Botox. ("One of my biggest goals now is to look as hot as I can," declares one.) And in Bravo's The Millionaire Matchmaker, dating guru Patti Stanger hooks up single women with sugar daddies, warning one not to introduce herself as a doctor: "If you lead with your business foot, the man's ding-dong down there neutralizes and goes down. He doesn't want to compete in the bedroom...
...Mohammad Fayaz, a doctor who six years ago derided to follow his lifelong dream of becoming a Pashtu movie direc tor, the recent threats are a new blow to an already unstable industry. Indian imports and the rise of cable television have eroded box-office takes for several years. People worry that cinema halls will be the next target of extremists, he says. "The industry has been in a long fall Then the bombs crashed the business." Nonetheless, he intends to keep directing movies as long as he is able. "Movies are my addiction," he says. His next film...
...part of a great tradition of part-time cyborgs. The doctor who diagnosed me, using little lights to peer into my ears and nose because her eyes just weren’t strong enough? Cyborg. The woman who booked my appointment, using a telephone to talk to me instead of just yelling across campus to try to reach me? Cyborg. I confess that I felt some Asimov-flavored robot anxiety (something Lamp doesn’t treat) when I started to wonder where machine ends and the person begins...