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...poignant essay by Gibbs is an insightful account of a good death. Making it comfortable for the dying person and getting the family, including children, to understand death are experiences which doctors can learn from in caring for their dying patients. Dr. Ee Heok, SINGAPORE...
...half years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Washington is nearing a poignant milestone: the Survivors' Fund, the country's last major 9/11 charity, officially dissolves on May 15. In dollar terms, it was far from the biggest player: more than 7,000 people affected by the attacks have received over $12 billion, most of which came from the federally financed Victim Compensation Fund. But the $25 million Survivors' Fund, formed to help those affected by the crash of American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon, may be the best model for assisting victims of a mass-casualty disaster...
...caring; when the accumulated weight of her own delusions finally becomes too much to ignore, her response is heartbreaking. “By the Sea,” Lovett’s sung fantasy of future domestic bliss with Sweeney, is one of the show’s most poignant moments.Sondheim develops these two central impulses—toward love and companionship on the one hand, revenge and destruction on the other—into the vast network of scenes and characters that comprise his vision of 19th-century London. The show’s skeletal set, designed by Grace...
Three of the soldiers on your recent cover were killed in the battle for Iwo Jima, their deaths as poignant and selfless today as they were in 1945 [April 28]. Your alteration of this photograph devalues their sacrifice and that of many others. In this time of war, when so many families are receiving a neatly folded flag in honor of their fallen loved ones, your cover is truly offensive. Have we as a nation become so ungrateful? Richard Putney, RICHMOND...
...survey of the most influential individuals in the world. Influence, like those other categories, is subjective, but you try to measure it in the effect people have on the world. You look at how Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor, has reached millions of people via YouTube with his poignant "last lecture" and its message of fortitude and good humor in the face of death. Influence like that is a form of power, but power is not always influence. The sheer hard power of a Hu Jintao or a Vladimir Putin can put them on the list, but their influence...