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...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, I fear the extinction of sharks. MARILYN NG San Diego...
Consider the plight of Mid L. Manager. At age 46, he's reeling in $110,000 a year. When the last of his three children started school, his wife went back to work, and she now makes $50,000. It sounds like a lot of money, even to him. But his job is in the big city, where federal, state and local income taxes, which have not changed, eat up nearly a third of his gross household income and nearly half of every raise. On an after-tax basis, his wife's job barely covers the cost of dry cleaning...
...contemplating enlisting the help of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, but I feel sympathy for the plight of terminally ill patients. I believe in freedom of choice for individuals, including those who wish to end their chronic suffering. What these people want is death with dignity. They seek a willing, understanding partner, be it Dr. Kevorkian or another like him, to give them moral support when, after all else has failed, they end their suffering. I salute all the doctors brave enough to challenge the law in order to assist those who seek their help. HERMINIA GASKIN New York City...
...lowest-paying categories. Poquoson, Va., resident Tim Strickland, 39, makes $25,000 a year. But last year he hurt his back and temporarily left his job as a water-treatment-plant operator. "I was living penny by penny," he says. Friends at a food pantry learned of his plight and sent groceries. Aledia Johnson of Newport News has a job as a corrections officer for Virginia. But she makes little more than minimum wage. Without the food pantry, she says, she would not be able to make ends meet. Says Johnson: "I have a mortgage to pay. I have...
...through the powerful performance of actor Davis Gaines, the audience certainly gets to know the torn Robert. The audience innately wishes to emphathize with Robert's plight, but one soon learns that although he's a confused man and a good friend, he's also a pot-smoking womanizer. Gaines effectively teeters the line between likability and brazenness, allowing the audience to 'keep a tender distance' while evaluating Robert's quandary. Gaines, most famous for his 1,937 performances as the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, handles the vocal demands of the role with ease. "Being Alive" and "Marry...