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...hear criticism of the soldiers. "I feel like they're attacking me personally," she says. Hardest of all is watching soldier-homecoming scenes. "It makes me cry," she says, smiling. "I turn it off. It doesn't seem fair." As Christmas approached, she and her sons flew to Tallahassee, Fla., to be with her parents. Sitting next to her on the first leg of the flight, across the Atlantic, was her friend Rochelle, pulling guard duty. --By Amanda Ripley/Giessen
...dime, he was great after noon or any other time, following the Churchillian example of being able for a few crucial years to get more out of alcohol than it got out of him. I once ran into him at the palatial Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Fla., working on one of his many books. He was dressed in grungy Nikes, rumpled chinos and a fashionable Turnbull & Asser shirt. The complete Moynihan: casual elegance, mindfully engaged in explaining the difficult world beyond. --By Hugh Sidey...
...providing lunches (and breakfasts) that are not equivalent to fast food. In addition, foods rich in concentrated sweets or fats should bear warning labels. And finally, we should stop the incessant TV advertising of the most damaging foods during hours of children's programming. MICHELE ZERAH, M.D. Pensacola, Fla...
DIED. OTTO GRAHAM, 82, Hall of Fame quarterback for the Cleveland Browns during the team's Golden Age, from 1946 to 1955; of a heart aneurysm; in Sarasota, Fla. He set a state record at birth, weighing in at 14 lbs. 12 oz., and went on to outsized contributions on the football field, passing for 23,584 yds. and 174 touchdowns and leading the Browns to an astonishing 10 championship games in his 10 seasons with the team...
...first-degree murder conviction of LIONEL TATE, now 16, who at age 14 became one of the youngest juveniles to be sentenced to life in prison, for beating a 6-year-old playmate to death, prompting a national debate on prosecuting children as adults; in West Palm Beach, Fla. An appeals court ordered a new trial, arguing that Tate's competency to stand trial should have been evaluated...