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...story of the modern presidency," Marton writes, her opinion bolstered by the collection of 250 eloquent, if sometimes syrupy, love letters from which she quotes liberally. "The clock is striking midnight and I must go to bed," Edith wrote in the spring of 1915 during their intense courtship. "A fond and very tender kiss my precious Woodrow before we put out the light--and I feel your dear arms fold around...
...Obstructed view seating is another puzzler. Some people are fond of citing Fenway Park’s meager 33,000 capacity and saying there are no bad seats. These people are idiots. There are seats in the stadium where there is a giant pole between you and home plate. This is called “obstructed view” seating and is quite bad for anyone who actually intends to watch the game. Yet since you are not actually in the bleachers, Fenway charges higher prices! This is almost as big a rip-off as those tiny cups of beer...
...that rather than a disability, deafness--especially among ASL speakers--can constitute a separate culture as rich as any based on a spoken language. Nobody who spends more than a day or two at Gallaudet would debate that assertion. Nor would anybody doubt that the community enjoys a rare, fond solidarity, which may be traceable to the fact that many deaf people spend their first decade or two in an ocean of hearing people, isolated from others like themselves. Says freshman Stephen Farias: "When I meet hearing kids, it's like, 'How you doin'?'" It's boring. When I meet...
...article "Saving The 7-Year-Old" brought back fond memories of the Good News Club I attended as a child. I was one of those who realized a need for a relationship with God in a club meeting. It helped direct me away from involvement in activities that would have ruined my life--drugs, pornography and violence. I applaud the efforts of anyone who takes the time to share moral principles with young children before they have been ensnared by the dangers of the world. SUE SPILLMAN Warrenton...
Many companies were just as fond of ranking and yanking when times were good, since the threat of poor ratings and their consequences help concentrate the minds of workers. Or as Michael Loeb, a San Francisco expert in employment law, puts it, "You don't want companies where everyone's completely comfortable...