Word: sakes
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...better for parents in a bad marriage to divorce or stay together for the kids' sake? The issue comes down to one thing: the truth [SOCIETY, Sept. 25]. Are we so blind as to think that a child cannot see through parents' fake smiles? You cannot blame divorce for children's problems. A bad marriage will stay a bad marriage whether it continues or ends in divorce. What is most important is that parents act like adults and get along as mother and father forever, even if they are no longer husband and wife. NATALIE CARKNER Cary...
...have four! My stepfamilies are as dear to me as my blood kin. I wouldn't give them up for anything in the world. My advice to couples considering divorce: try hard to stay together, work at it, try everything, but don't do it just for the sake of your kids. Divorce may be a failure of marriage, but it does not have to be a failure of family. RACHEL WELLS Fort Worth, Texas...
...While Faiman is inspired in part by her own personal encounters with bulimia and anorexia, this isn't self-revelation for its own sake: "The only reason that I mention that is because I think there are a lot of girls at this school who have eating problems and who are still in denial or are still ashamed to do anything about it... I don't think it is something to be ashamed of, and I don't mind admitting that I have problems with...
...Romanian peasant girls. Those gymnasts don't go to school and they just practice all day to escape their misery. I'd choose freedom over a gold medal any day." Whatever. I certainly wouldn't. Gymnastics is all about contortion, stunted growth, hopeless oppression and tears shed for the sake of the cameras. As soon as we wipe those "normal, healthy" smiles off our girls' faces with an iron fist and a no ice-cream policy, I have no doubt they'll quickly return to the coveted podium spots...
...long, we loyal, baseball-loving denizens of the Hub have foolishly suspended our disbelief, ignored our better senses, and laid out our ever-wishful souls, all for the sake of our bumbling Olde Towne Team. This year, more than any other, we showed up in droves to support our team, making thin our wallets as we set a Red Sox franchise record for season attendance. More fans passed through the turnstiles of Fenway Park in 2000 than in any previous season; the last 57 home games of the year were all sellouts...