Word: sept
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...writing to express our disappointment with the article "Randomization: The First Week" (Sept. 13). A section of the article suggested that incoming sophomores did not feel welcomed by Adams House. We were interviewed by a Crimson reporter for this article and feel that our opinions were severely misrepresented. Both the manner in which the reporter approached us and solicited our opinions and the context in which they were eventually portrayed are inconsistent with ethical journalism...
...literary agent who persuaded Stephen King to publish The Green Mile in serialization [BOOKS, Sept. 2], I need to set the record straight about the cost of the book. You say that at the end of buying the six installments, a reader will have shelled out a total of $18.94 for "what would have cost around $6.99 if it had been a normal, one-volume, mass-market paperback." The retail prices for new books from authors like King are as high as $27.95 in hard cover and $7.99 in paperback. To the millions of King fans who would...
...disconcerting to read in your pages about the witch-hunt for chocolate [HEALTH, Sept. 2]. The enemies of chocolate, by attempting to associate it with a marijuana high through their tenuous research, have devised a reason to make this delightful treat illegal. These are people who want to eliminate all the small pleasures of life. But many of us are prepared to fight back for our chocolate. Underground chocolate factories may soon appear if legislation restricting chocolate ensues. JOEL NEUMAN Toronto...
There cannot be anyone left on this planet who is unaware that smoking is not a healthy activity [BUSINESS, Sept. 2]. The U.S. government now wants to declare nicotine a drug and begin a new drug war. Wars cost money. The media and the Food and Drug Administration use the word addicted as if people had no choice once that first pack of cigarettes is bought and smoked...
...jackrabbit fast, but about one thought and two steps ahead of every base-runner in the business. He beats out bunts, stretches singles into doubles. Once Jackie made second on a base-on-balls; he saw that the catcher had lost the ball, so he just kept on going." --Sept...