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...suspect that Celine would not have the career she enjoys. Even without Lange, Shania would probably be a Nashville star. She might not, however, be the country and pop superstar she is. Lange ought to get off his high horse and enjoy the fame. KENT FREDERICK Downers Grove, Ill...
Many groups play for prizes rather than cash, but a few have begun sharing the booty further afield. When Mary Green of Clarendon Hills, Ill., was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, her bunco mates decided to raise money for breast-cancer research. They started off by donating one month's cash pot to research, then passed the idea on to other bunco groups. Last year Bunco for Breast Cancer, as it is now called, raised $32,000 for the cause from 90 groups in surrounding DuPage County. This year the group has raised $70,000 from 400 groups...
...best of all, the ability to cash fraudulent checks largely on the basis of his assured and glamorous presence. Before Abagnale's career ended five years later--the movie compresses the time frame--he had also passed himself off as a doctor and lawyer and acquired $2.5 million in ill-gotten gains and the avid attention of the FBI, which caught and imprisoned...
...related one, called vaccinia, that can make you sick and, in rare instances, kill you. Most people just get a blister at the injection site and maybe some swelling of the arm. Others will feel tired or develop a low-grade fever; about a third will feel ill enough to miss work or school. Out of 1 million people, between 15 and 60 will develop serious complications, including encephalitis (swelling of the brain). If the entire U.S. population were to be vaccinated, 250 to 500 Americans would probably...
...should be: no filmmaker worth his lenses ever shot an ugly scene in the Arabian Desert.) Muhammad cleverly cuts away from incidents in the Prophet's life to scenes in which some modern Muslims--including a New York City fire marshal and a nurse caring for the terminally ill in Dearborn, Mich.--explain how the example of Muhammad's life and work sustains them more than 1,300 years after his death. These stories are often moving and for many Americans will be a revelation. It is right to be reminded of Islam's caring side and the extent...