Word: hollander
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...gravy is like consuming the elixir of the gods. Bill Crookham Caldwell, Idaho, U.S. It was nice to have advice on a healthy lifestyle from a doctor with a paunch, but it surely convinces no one but him that being a little overweight is a good thing. Kevin Holland Westville, South Africa Dr. Weil's thoughtful suggestions can easily be implemented without unrealistic changes to the average lifestyle. But it is surprising that he didn't mention the importance of continued mental exercise in ensuring healthy aging. Emphasis was placed on physical exercise to maintain muscle and bone vitality...
...people who deserve to be called European Heroes, you featured Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen [Oct. 10]. That is too much praise for a man who is mainly known for his prevarication and tardy approach to very real problems that affect this city. It is important to realize that in Holland, mayors are appointed by the crown. The good citizens of Amsterdam are thus not allowed to vote for their first citizen, and they instead got a refugee from the political establishment who needed a place to hide. After filmmaker Theo van Gogh was assassinated, it took Cohen hours to make...
...just depends on what country I'm in. I'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England; and a thriller [author] here. I think of it as just literature. To Kill a Mockingbird - that's crime fiction. That's a murder story. Snow Falling on Cedars. Oliver Twist. What's more violent than a bludgeoned prostitute? A lot of novels use crime as a stepping stone to talk about greater issues. So I just think of myself as a writer...
VARIOUS ARTISTS HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU: THE HOLLAND/DOZIER/ HOLLAND STORY...
...chronically underrated Motown songwriters Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland wrote more No. 1 hits than the Beatles, and there's pure nostalgic pleasure in hearing the Four Tops (Baby I Need Your Loving) and the Supremes (Stop! In the Name of Love) sing them. You can also marvel at the ways in which they managed to make the boundaries of their two commercially dictated themes--(a) I don't deserve you, please come back; and (b) you don't deserve me, I'm not coming back--seem limitless...