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...look on it as a recognition of the great woman poets we have writing now. I've decided to accept it for that reason." -On what led her to take up the post. (BBC Woman's Hour...
...time. Perhaps it is the millions of cars that were bought over the last twenty years, most of which are still on the road. It may be that the public still remembers Lee Iacocca and Henry Ford II as though they were still running the companies. Whatever the reason, the idea that one or two of the car companies could go into bankruptcy caused a substantial amount of anxiety around the country. Perhaps if the economy were bustling, people would not care so much...
...matter how the Chrysler bankruptcy works out, there will be no reason for Americans to mourn. Chrysler is not going to die. One or two of its brands may disappear but most of them have value. The cars may run on engines built by a Japanese car company and part of what is left of Chrysler may be operated by a firm headquartered in Germany. But, each new Jeep will still be a Jeep. The fact that it is the Jeep brand sells cars and trucks...
...year is not the answer to reforming education. My family has three college graduates--two of whom have master's degrees--and we somehow managed to do it while getting out of school at 3 p.m. and having summers off. The 800-pound gorilla in the room is the reason many poorer children don't get a good education is that education is not stressed at home. I am a teacher in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the country, and the students have after-school programs and Saturday academy and even go to school during Christmas vacation yet remain...
...April 27]! I was circumcised as an infant by a respected doctor. I had to have a second operation 25 years later to correct this doctor's incomplete work. At the time, I researched the rationale for the procedure. Other than the rare medical need, I found no rational reason to inflict unnecessary pain on one's child. To circumcise is to allow antiquated cultural mores and parental expectations to dictate one's life. David A. Dorwart, MANSFIELD, CONN...