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...attempted to portray the fur industry as making a healthy recovery [FASHION, Oct. 19]. But everyone knows that in producing a luxury fur, cruelty is inflicted on the innocent victims: leg-hold trapping, anal electrocution, neck wringing, overcrowding of cages in factory fur farms and the myriad other ways the killing occurs before the "fashion" emerges. Seeing someone in fur, I used to think that person was either ignorant of the suffering involved or insensitive to it. But today neither excuse is in fashion. GRETCHEN WYLER, President Ark Trust Inc. Encino, Calif...
While allowing the refund may seem to open the door to myriad other objections, real or theoretical, the fact is that the fee students are paying is not optional. In a world with a free market for health care, pro-life dissenters could simply take their money elsewhere. However, since all students are required to pay the health services fee in order to enroll at Harvard, this refund option represents a reasonable compromise, an acknowledgement that the monopoly of health services is a binding constraint on the moral choices people may make with their money...
...culture of binge drinking is widespread, and that Phi Gamma Delta members were perhaps acting only as irresponsibly as many other college organizations. However, the failure to hold individual members responsible not only denied the Krueger family their day in court, but also sent the wrong message to the myriad fraternities and final clubs which populate America's campuses. "Drink, haze, disband, and move on" is a message that makes a mockery of the judicial process...
...scene. Many times, newcomers are chastised for their playing faux-pas such as, according to 75 year-old Angie, "talking during the calling of numbers, poor eye-hand coordination and slow reaction rates, [which] are all pet peeves for the dedicated players." Furthermore, young whippersnappers often discover a myriad of unspoken rules and traditions that accompany the game, such as the use of Bingo Lingo, the proper places to set up one's cards and, most importantly, the appropriate time to use the illustrious word "Bingo." These nuances--kept secret from anyone who is not part of the old guard...
Although the most devout players often appear to be picky about who they accept as their playing neighbors, it is only because they are Bingo purists. It was only a few years ago that armed gunmen burst into the Parish cafeteria, taking all the money and a myriad of jewelry (albeit mostly costume) from the contestants. No matter to these die-hards, though, because the game--with its weekly gossip, gregarious interaction and small bundle of change for all--must...