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...Legacy of a Legend At a school function, I learned of the death of civil-rights pioneer Rosa Parks from an eighth-grade student [Nov. 7]. I was struck by the complexity of God's will in our lives. Could Parks have dreamed, as she rode the bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 and refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, that 50 years later a white boy in Texas would speak her name reverently and express regret at her passing? Regina Donnell Azle, Texas...
...over the world, when people mention Britain, it immediately brings to mind the royal family and especially Queen Elizabeth II, one of the great figures of the 20th century. George Agathokleous Athens Legacy of a Legend At a school function, i learned of the death of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks from an eighth-grade student [Nov. 7]. I was struck by the complexity of God's will in our lives. Could Parks have dreamed, as she rode the bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 and refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, that 50 years later...
...there's any consolation for Dr. Woo Suk Hwang, the South Korean stem cell pioneer who abruptly resigned Thursday from an international stem cell facility he helped to found amidst an ethics controversy, it's this: at least his own lab now has plenty of women willing to donate their eggs for research...
DIED. RALPH EDWARDS, 92, radio and TV pioneer dubbed the "godfather" of reality programming; in Los Angeles. As a staff announcer for CBS radio, he pitched a show around a childhood game that in 1940 gave rise to the decades-long hit Truth or Consequences. But he was most famous for another radio show he brought to TV, in 1952. On This Is Your Life, each program surprised a guest with live reminiscences from loved ones and shrewdly capitalized on the new medium's capacity for intimacy, chronicling riveting, often weepy stories of the famous (Buster Keaton, Bob Hope, Marilyn...
...from, things are less hierarchical." Nygaard comes from Spanair's parent, the Scandinavian carrier SAS, where he got his start. With his open-plan management and quick response to new ideas, he says, Spanair can thrive in a tough market: "We have a cost structure comparable to [low-cost pioneer] EasyJet," steady profits and room to grow. Passenger numbers have jumped almost 20% this year. Spanair plans to expand to Algeria, Morocco and Switzerland in 2006. And it's aiming to be No. 1 in the Spain-Scandinavia market within a year. "We're the underdog," but that...