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...personally believes "taking care of a child is a sacred responsibility. If one form of treatment is not working, parents have an obligation to investigate other alternatives," including doctors or hospitals. He maintains, however, that even Oregon-style exemptions (he prefers "accommodations") are "a door to religious freedom." Steven McFarland, head of the Center for Law and Religious Freedom, a conservative Christian group, demurs. "The First Amendment protects religious belief absolutely, but not religious practice. Child welfare is a classic example," he says. "If irreparable harm to a child is about to occur, the state's duty to protect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faith Or Healing? | 8/31/1998 | See Source »

Buffett is sitting in a darkened room, his eyes welling with tears. He's surrounded by other people who are crying--a Pittsburgh multiplex crowd experiencing Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. Leaving the theater after the movie, Buffett is speechless, an unusual condition for him. "Whoa," he says finally. "Not a big popcorn movie." Soon he is talking seriously about thoughts the film stirred up. "My dad, J.D., was in the Army Air Corps, a crew chief on C-47 transports in China," he says. "He was on a flight over the Himalayas when fire broke out belowdecks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Rockin' In Jimmy Buffett's Key West Margaritaville | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...devastating and realistic portrayal of wartime violence in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan had a profound effect on me [CINEMA, July 27]. With each shot, sound, struggle and death, I felt like jumping up and screaming, "Stop!" And I couldn't leave, because even as a viewer I felt I would let the troops down. I left the theater trembling and in a cold sweat. This movie should be seen only by people who are desensitized to violence and those who don't appreciate what all those who have fought in wars have sacrificed. Spielberg has constructed a compelling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 17, 1998 | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...headed to the rest room, only to discover a significant number of other men who were also washing their faces, drying their eyes and blowing their noses. Not since Field of Dreams have I seen a movie so perfectly hit the spot in male emotions. Way to go, Steven! REID P. GERRITT Middletown, Conn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 17, 1998 | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...thinks it is just another ethnic sitcom featuring bawdiness and near minstrelsy is in for a surprise. Produced by Tim Reid, who created the esteemed but short-lived Frank's Place, this show aims high, taking up issues of race, politics and sexual orientation. The hero, played by Steven Williams, is a black Republican who owns a bar in a rundown but gentrifying neighborhood of Washington. His regular customers include a natty lobbyist, a prostitute, an African cab driver and, the only white, an aide to a decrepit Southern Senator. Pam Grier plays the smart, attractive head of a children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Linc's | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

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