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...Valentine fell in love with the warden’s daughter who visited him from time to time. Before his death, Valentine wrote her a love letter signed “from your Valentine.” Although we still maintain this letter writing tradition, we have forgotten to heed the more important lesson of Valentine’s actions, integrity in love. Certainly men who must hire detectives to spy on women have forgotten this essential truth...
...Elliott went beyond the short-term victories of the military machine and addressed the core, enduring problem of poverty. The hopelessness and feelings of injustice that accompany poverty have clearly been factors in the breeding of terrorist activities around the world. President Bush would be wise to heed Elliott's advice and lead the world in a campaign to eradicate poverty. As the saying goes, "If you want peace, work for justice." MAE TINKLENBERG Palo Alto, Calif...
...must wield it wisely. Departments can best judge the talent of scholars in their field. They can assess the candidates’ academic standing in the community, the quality of their work and their potential for new research in the years ahead. Specialists know their own, and Summers should heed their advice carefully in every case—especially when they speak unanimously...
...course, this shooting match isn't really about the past, it's about the midterm congressional elections that are now a scant 10 months away - and Daschle doesn't lack for ammunition. Congress' first order of business when it returns to work Monday will be to heed Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill's plea and raise the current $5.95 trillion federal debt ceiling to $6.7 trillion, lest the U.S. government default on its paper, Argentina-style. And Friday morning Bush's own Labor Department gave Daschle a nice hook to work into his speech when it announces the unemployment numbers...
...STARTING POINT: As we enter the annual cycle of New Year's resolutions and self-improvement (diet, anyone?), we would be wise to heed the admonitions of bestselling business and personal development guru Brian Tracy, the author of "Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals" (Amacom). For while Tracy's claims are bold, his book offers relief to frustrated business people with too many professional and personal demands on their time - which is to say, all of us. Tracy's essential idea is that too many folks are frittering away...