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...Valentine's day is one of the yearly events that do not have to be commercial. I make heart-shaped cookies with a friend, and we send most of them to our children and grandchildren. Each swipe of frosting, each sprinkle of sugar is an act of love. Not everything has to be expensive or come from a store. Saying "I love you" is easy - if somewhat caloric. Susan Cavenagh, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
DIED When a rumor spread that lynching was likely for civil rights activist James Orange--confined in an Alabama jail after his 1965 arrest during a voter-registration drive--it set in motion the protests and marches that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. An aide and friend to Martin Luther King Jr., Orange was with him the day that King was assassinated. Orange worked for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the AFL-CIO and, most recently, the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee...
DECLARED DEAD Missing since last September, adventurer and multimillionaire Steve Fossett was declared legally dead on Feb. 15. Fossett was 63 when his single-engine plane disappeared after taking off in Nevada. Billionaire and fellow adventure-buff Richard Branson intends to honor his close friend with a new vessel meant to carry people into space. It will be called Spirit of Steve Fossett...
...plan can hurt too. Investigators at Berlin's Free University found that people who set general goals, like "I will exercise in my free time," did a far worse job of sticking to that plan than did people who made a firm commitment, like "I will walk to my friend's house and back every Monday, Wednesday and Friday...
...take umbrage with Gibbs' dismissal of Valentine's Day. It is one of the yearly events that does not have to be commercial. I make heart-shaped cookies with a friend, and we send most of them to our children and grandchildren, who live around the country. Each swipe of frosting, each sprinkle of red sugar is an act of love. I tie the boxes with red bows and send them off. Not everything has to be expensive or come from a store. Saying "I love you" is easy--if somewhat caloric...