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...even more stressful environments. Backyards--let alone cages or apartments--are terribly claustrophobic for tigers. "What do you do if it's sick?" asks Lattis. "What if you get tired of it? It's a selfish, self-centered way of treating animals." Along with other conservationists, he dismisses the notion that tiger owners are somehow saving an endangered species. "These animals are never going to be returned to the wild, and they couldn't survive there anyway. Conservation isn't simply about having more tigers. It's about having more tigers in their natural environment...
...disappointed by Joe Klein's assessment that the Democratic presidential candidates have "become pretty boring" [IN THE ARENA, Sept. 29]. Klein reinforced the notion that political campaigns should entertain the public. Must candidates use reality-TV techniques to shock us out of complacency? When excitement becomes a criterion for choosing the President, voters will just pick the hottie of the moment and have a brief, exciting fling. Klein might have used his column to generate some energy, urging Americans to concentrate on a key issue, visit the candidates' websites or tune in to the debates, where I've seen...
Finally, the article dwells on the notion that a cappella groups steal from other groups. If students want to sing a cappella, they will. They are not being forced to sing for us—in fact, it’s pretty tough to get in. We certainly don’t drag unwilling singers away from other ensembles. Demand dictates the supply of a cappella groups. If singers want a cappella more than anything else, they will audition. Many a cappella singers also do other activities: debate, dance, theater and choral music, to name...
...economy—a move that Bolivia was clearly not ready to embrace. Sanchez’s plan involved exporting some of Bolivia’s abundant natural gas to willing buyers in Mexico and California. The idea met stiff resistance from the Bolivian population, who scoffed at the notion that the gas pipeline would need to pass through the Chilean coast, since the coastline in question was part of Bolivia before it was lost to Chile in a war fought between 1879-1883. This troublingly isolationist stripe of the Bolivian masses was pointedly at odds with the personality...
...Donnell balks at the notion that “The West Wing” may be galvanizing young people to become involved in politics...