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Your feature on Star Wars highlights the preoccupation of many adults and youngsters with fantasy as they spend their time watching electrons move across a computer screen. We need to find ways to utilize the energy of today's teens so they spend far less time in front of their computers and TV sets. Teens need to get out of their bedroom and do some concrete work, beneficial to both them and their families--preferably some physical occupation not requiring computers or cell phones. ROSS AND NANCY KAPALA Randolph...
...Year's Eve may not be inclined to come back on caucus day. And, as many candidates have learned, entertainment and politics generally don't mix well - most recently John Edwards got booed when he took the stage at a Des Moines John Cougar Mellencamp concert. People will spend good money to have fun, or attend a rally to learn something, but few would enjoy a stumping politician encroaching on their paid entertainment...
Most candidates have heeded those concerns. Edwards, a former North Carolina Senator, Illinois Senator Barack Obama and Delaware Senator Joe Biden all plan to spend the holiday privately with their families in Des Moines, after campaigning during the day. Senator Chris Dodd will hold a low-key gathering in Dubuque. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is expected to spend the evening with his wife, Anne, and other family members in Waterloo. And former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson has planned several events during the day, finishing up in the Des Moines area - but his staff is still trying to decide what...
...looked completely alive, and she did not look like someone who knew that she was going to spend that night and many nights thereafter in solitary confinement," Fadiman said, referring to Bhutto's imprisonment following the rally...
...quickly revealed as the sort of super-rich subspecies Hollywood loves: the curmudgeon with a heart of gold. Nicholson played this character in As Good As It Gets; Andy Griffith had a shot at it this year in Waitress. Both are Old Testament deity types who want to spend their largesse on one lavish good deed, instead of, say, giving all the people in their employ a $2-an-hour pay raise. But, no, that would merely promote the general welfare; movies are about Santa Clauses choosing one person to give all the toys to - some poor but noble soul...