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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PROS --Inviting an Elvis impersonator to their Las Vegas wedding shows they are comfortable with farce --He starred in a TV series called Dangerous Women; she starred in a TV show called Treacherous Beauties --She's the daughter of the Princess of Yugoslavia; he was King Tal in Beastmaster...
Anthony says there are still many stereotypes in the media about Latin performers. The other day, he recalls, he was watching 25 Lame (an MTV show about bad videos), and one of the hosts kept putting on a sombrero when a video by a Latin artist came on. Anthony also feels there's not enough effort put into promoting more traditional forms of Latin music...
Parents and coaches, McCarthy says, should show no interest in the score but should cheer kids for their hustle and perseverance. Teammates should be expected to praise each other publicly...
...most important thing to keep in mind with observational studies like this is that they are the scientific equivalent of gossip. Subjects A and B show up together, which may be significant but is more likely to be an innocent coincidence. In this study, for example, the investigators didn't take into account whether the parents were nearsighted. That could explain a lot right there, since at least some aspects of myopia are inherited. Or perhaps nearsighted parents, are, for whatever reason, more likely to leave the lights on at night...
...Curse of Cliques" [SPECIAL REPORT, May 3] was illustrated with a photograph of my son and three friends at the vigil held the day after the terrible shooting at Columbine High School. The young people were extremely shaken by the tragedy and thought this would be a way to show their support and help with the healing. But I feel your article pointed a finger at our children and put the blame on athletes, hockey kids, preppies, cheerleaders, etc., for the actions of the two individuals who snapped and took innocent lives. I wish you would have been more sympathetic...