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Richard Corliss's review of the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [Dec. 19] stated that director Andrew Adamson should "stick to animation." Here is a test. Does Narnia make the spirit soar? Does Narnia cause the imagination to fly? Does Narnia make you think, make you wonder, make you aspire? If it does even half these things, not only will encouragement rule the land but also, on the commercial side, the season will ring with the sound of ka-ching! STEVE HORTEGAS Lynden, Wash...
Orman, who has earned millions dispensing financial advice on her weekly CNBC show, on PBS specials, in O, the Oprah Magazine and via her books and kits on money matters, prides herself on her ability to focus on one thing at a time and stick tightly to her agenda. "I came to this conclusion after watching the way racehorses win," she explains. "They come out of the gate with blinders on and go for the finish line." Orman does the same. "I don't care what my competition is doing. I don't care how their books are selling...
...work in the white lady's kitchen." He used old riffs and improvised new ones on staying together and the nature of power. "Power is the ability to achieve purpose," said King, to applause. "Power is the ability to effect change ... and I want you to stick it out so that you will be able to make Mayor Henry Loeb and others say 'Yes' even when they want to say 'No.'" He paused through the next ovations with a quizzical look...
...Birmingham demonstrations in '63 were the first events that turned me political. I was 16, and I had just gotten to the point where I was saying, well, gosh, when I get impossibly old and secure, like 30, maybe this is an important enough issue that I would stick my toe in the water and try to help, and then lo and behold, I look on TV, and there are eight-year-old girls-mostly girls-marching into those dogs and fire hoses and then not turning around. I'm saying, well, what's making them do it, now? They...
Then again, what if you decide to stick with your negative behaviors like smoking, drinking and carbo-loading? The author offers practical, safe advice for dodging the bullet as long as possible. "Many of my patients don't want to know how to live a healthy life," says Clayton. "They want to know how to live their unhealthy lives better." So the good doc instructs the reader on how to minimize the risks: Quitting smoking by the time you're 30 mitigates almost all of the damage from smoking; taking a dose of 1600 IUs of extract of prickly pear...