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...rebelled against our parents? disagreed with our friends? given up something of value for someone else's sake?), the environment in which the universalisms were set clued me into previously unknown aspects of Jewish culture. Before the Boston Jewish Film Festival, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was all bombs and faceless terrorists, and who knew of the rift between so-called secular and observant Jews...
...critical-care and lung specialist in a small community-based hospital, I am frequently confounded by the decisions made by faceless HMO administrators who tell me how to take care of a person they have never seen. The most important "contract" in medicine is, and always will be, between the physician and the patient and his or her family. Until Congress completes the work of protecting patients' rights, health care will continue to take second place to the financial health of the insurers and HMOs. GARY R. SCHAFER, M.D. Rutherfordton...
...This has been an apt enough World Series to tack onto this glorious baseball season. The Yankees' team of faceless assassins are the perfect counterpoint to the solo gunslinging of Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, and when this team finishes the job, their numbers will loom with the rest. But good television? This Series has had its share of subplots, but its outcome -- the soul of any sporting event -- has never really been in doubt. Truly, the 1998 Yankees are destined for the history books. But history can be a dull affair when it's viewed this close...
...teach us too. Maybe the lessons can't fit into 30 minutes, but here races and religions have a long and increasingly bright history of cooperation rather than war. Israel can also teach us about housing shortages and how to maintain order and hope in the face of faceless terrorists. Israel, built in a desert, can teach Beverly Hills and the rest of thirsty California about water conservation...
...Massachusetts Governor's Race. In a state where politics is sport, it looks like Massachusetts voters are going to be forced to make the pitiful choice between Republican acting-Governor Paul "Right-Place-at-the-Right-Time" Cellucci and one of a faceless herd of uninspiring Democrats now vying for the nomination. If for no other reason than our own amusement during the fall campaign, let's hope that something shakes this pathetically boring race...