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...immediately recoiled. I was angry that your photographs showed the faces of the dead, until I realized that my anger was a reaction to human suffering. Then I softened and opened my heart-and wept. I never again want to be unmoved by the suffering of another human being. Thank you for bringing the struggle and anguish of our brothers and sisters into our comfortable homes. Scott Wyman Chico, California, U.S. Even though my wife and I were far away from the tsunami that devastated South Asia, we still felt a jolt, as our daughter, son-in-law and twin...
...waiting expectantly at the FBI's principal training facility at Quantico, Va., when a wiry, intense man stepped to the microphone. Pointing to a video camera recording the session, he tried to break the ice. "I notice you guys are videotaping me," he deadpanned. "And I want to thank the FBI, because this is the first time you have let me know in advance that the recorders were...
...miss you, we?re so glad you're back,? 51-year-old Sunetta Vincent yells from her car a Safeway parking lot to Barry, who made a short trip there a few days before he was to start his city council job. People come up to him and thank him for giving them summer jobs when they were kids, a program that endeared thousands to Barry when he was mayor. He greets women with a ?hey darling, what?s happening,? kissing the younger ones some on the cheek and telling one, ?you look fabulous, you know.? Barry says...
...immediately recoiled. I was angry that your photographs showed the faces of the dead, until I realized that my anger was a reaction to human suffering. Then I softened and opened my heart--and wept. I never again want to be unmoved by the suffering of another human being. Thank you for bringing the struggle and anguish of our brothers and sisters into our comfortable homes...
...their trip, father and son luck into a meeting with filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. The language barrier, the cultural barrier, every barrier falls away as the delighted anim? master shows flip-books of his early work, the characters dancing with life on the corner of the page. "Thank God we had no language," muses Carey. "Thank God there were no questions to ask, just the privilege of sharing the joy of a great artist telling a story to an audience...