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...parents will be looking to the government to provide what they are supposed to: food and shelter, immunization, day care, attendance at school and the teaching of values. It's too bad that somewhere along the line, America as a society has told parents that it's O.K. to dump their responsibilities. WILLARD P. SPRINGER Manitowoc, Wisconsin
...days. As beautiful and charming as Fenway is, its seats are cramped, concessions inadequate and rest rooms too few. The entire place is antiquated. The tradition of the Boston Celtics, along with the team's parquet floor, made the trip from the old Boston Garden--now there is a dump--to the new Fleet Center quite nicely. Fenway's Green Monster will travel just as well. WILLARD L. GORTON Simsbury, Connecticut...
...residents of guy land, government often looks like the 50-ft. third-grade teacher from hell, taxing and regulating and otherwise spoiling the fun. But to a woman sandwiched between children and parents, the "Nanny state" is not a Republican pejorative but rather an extension of herself. Dump Granny out of the nursing home because the Medicare budget is too high, and who is going to change her Depends? Probably not Newt Gingrich or Dick Armey...
...clock in the morning on April 21 of last year, two New York City cops watched four men dump two duffel bags into the trunk of a double-parked red Chevrolet Caprice. The men ran off as the officers approached, but the driver permitted a search of the bags. Inside were 80 lbs. of cocaine and heroin worth approximately $4 million. Later, during a 40-minute videotaped confession, the driver admitted to being a professional drug courier. This had been her 20th trip...
...army's proposal to deport families of the suicide bombers to Lebanon caused frustration. "We think that in the future these guys will think twice if they know that after they're gone, we're going to put their parents on a boat with two sandwiches and dump them on the Lebanese shore," says a high-ranking officer. Peres was said to be reconsidering the option...