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...traveled to Pakistan. "She had watched a film of the hospital," says IMRAN KHAN, the cricket superstar turned politician, of the cancer center he established. "She called Annabel [Goldsmith, his mother-in-law] and said, 'I want to help.' There was a young boy who had a tumor on his face. That tumor was festering. It smelled, it really smelled. I was sitting 4 ft. away, and I could smell it. And she picked him up. She held him, completely oblivious to everything." Recalls the hospital's medical director, DR. G.M. SHAH: "The boy could not open his mouth...
...years I have tried to persuade my Chinese mother-in-law not to make shark-fin soup because of the overfishing of sharks [ENVIRONMENT, Aug. 11]. She feels the "health benefits" of eating shark fins are more important than the shark's survivability. Sharply increasing prices have slowed down her use of shark fins, but, unfortunately, this soup is often a featured course at Chinese banquets. I suspect most consumers are ignorant of the plight of sharks or have the same cultural beliefs as my mother-in-law, beliefs that are hard to change. Unless farm-raised sharks become possible...
...These days Penn, who turned 37 this week and who married Wright last year after a long, volatile, off-and-on relationship, replies thoughtfully to a reporter's probes. What about Hollywood's embrace of independent films? "I don't trust that any more than I trust a mother-in-law's love." Is he happy? "I'm not going to accuse myself of being happy; just saying that would put me in a bad mood. But I am feeling productive. I'm feeling my life, which I didn't always do, partly because I'd be drunk...
Throughout my journey, I met interesting folks, including Tom Mix's mother-in-law, a former circus performer who showed me how to walk a tightrope and two old-maid sisters who lived in an unpainted house and produced elegant wallpaper designs. More than 40 years ago, after a boyhood spent in a small Kansas town, I took this trip, and I was not surprised to find that America had a warm heart and lots of common sense. It is still true today, and your Highway 50 caravan proves it. CLYDE HOSTETTER San Luis Obispo, Calif...
...bathtub, been carried through the air and landed alive. In Cedar Park, Caryl and Joe Simpson hid in the utility closet of their home with their four sons and family dog. It was the only room left standing. Back in Jarrell, Ladonna Peterson, her son, niece and mother-in-law squeezed into a bathtub. "It got dark, black, and I saw the funnel cloud coming toward us. It was as big as a church and solid black," Peterson told the Austin American-Statesman. Family members clung to one another and sang Jesus Loves Me. The bathroom door flew open, debris...