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...confessed to a priest that I used birth control after having my fifth baby. That man said I was sinning and read the riot act to me. He had a lot of nerve! The church's policy against artificial contraception is nothing short of medieval. Mary Thomas Garden Grove, California, U.S. The Fruits of Colonialism Re "Exit strategies" [may 8], on European anti-immigration policies: Perhaps the right-wing elements in the governments of France, Britain and the Netherlands should stop and consider why there are immigrants in their countries. Could it be because Europeans interfered with and exploited...
...gone movie legends. Using computer-generated imagery, animators will create fictional actors and maybe even render live movie stars a thing of the past. And on Oscar night, the red carpet in Hollywood will be rolled out for the computer geeks who created the stars. Paul Dale Roberts Elk Grove, California, U.S. Lessons for the Boss Re "Why your boss may begin sweating the small stuff" [March 20], on sensitivity training at the office: as an expert on the prevention of workplace violence, I know that managers and supervisors set the tone in the workplace. If they are arrogant, dismissive...
PAUL DALE ROBERTS Elk Grove, Calif...
...record on snow isn't as good as the one on ice in some of the newer events. Sure, two-time World Cup-champion freestyle skier Jennifer Heil, of Spruce Grove, Alta., won gold. But after winning gold, silver and bronze in 1994, the men's freestylers missed the podium for the third straight Olympics. And no Canadian man has made a trip to an Olympic podium in snowboarding since the sport made its debut...
...first big win for Canada came Saturday evening, when 5-ft. 3-in. Jennifer Heil of Spruce Grove, Alta., won the women's freestyle moguls competition, thereby refuting, for the moment anyway, Rudge's remark that Canadians tend to gag "on the big day." Under bright lights accented by the moonlit sky at Sauze d'Oulx, top-ranked Heil performed a 360 off the first jump and her trademark backflip with iron cross (skis crossed, tips down) off the second. "I've been feeling the pressure pretty much the last eight months," said Heil, 22. "The most important thing...