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...Thank you for drawing attention to the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, perhaps the world's most neglected humanitarian crisis [June 5]. Fewer than 2% of the deaths in the conflict are due to violent acts, while almost three-quarters are due to easily preventable infectious diseases and malnutrition. Our survey, which was mentioned in your story, found that when security is assured, death rates plummet. Halting the fighting would allow medical clinics to function, food production to recommence, markets to operate and people to return home from unsanitary refugee camps. Tens of thousands of lives could...
...silence and had their plight ignored for far too long. In fact, the nation seems to have a history of silence. Many people did not know about the atrocities committed during the rule of Belgium's King Leopold II, and many do not know what is going on today. Thank you for bringing attention to a place that dearly needs it. Your story was extremely moving, and I have not been able to stop thinking about it. I hope readers will be persuaded to take action and help restore dignity and peace to the brave Congolese people. Amanda Doveatt Naperville...
...Thank you for the article "The Magic of the Family Meal" [June 12]. I never dined with my family as a child, but even though it sounds corny, I loved going over to my friends' houses for what I called the "please-pass-the-potatoes meal." I grew up with a single mother who was in graduate school, and eating together was not always an option. Now I make dinner a special time for my family to share and discuss the day's events...
...those generations, and we have him to thank not only for the 150 national forests he created, the 51 national wildlife refuges, the five national parks, but also for the very idea that air, water, forests and animal life were somehow in our collective safekeeping. If he were alive today, he would be deeply interested in such matters as global warming and the preservation of species...
...Harvard and the ways in which the design could best serve these students,” he said. “The NCT will be an incredible new state-of-the-art theatre that will transform undergraduate drama at Harvard; in very large part, we have Alan to thank for that...