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DeLay's Indictment House Majority Leader Tom Delay [who defiantly rejects charges of illegal campaign-finance dealings] projects mean-spiritedness [Oct. 10]. He has smirked his way through many media moments. I wonder why some political leaders seem to choose an adversarial approach to situations that actually call for amiable discourse. Admired leaders demonstrate nonarrogant and confident behavior. That demeanor and knowing the right thing to do are what we constituents desire from our leaders. Joanne M. Petroske Churchville, Pennsylvania...
Grandparents generally have more relaxed time to spend with their grandkids than they had with their children. It's a chance for grandparents to practice what they have learned about child rearing. Tom Corbett of Huntington Beach, Calif., for example, had never been patient before he went flying with his grandkids. "I forced it on myself so I don't become anxious or annoyed," says the computer-systems architect, 58. "I don't want to associate anything bad with the thrill of flying." Ron Vickrey, 69, a retired executive in Port Orange, Fla., believes his daughters were too young when...
...Kilmer talks in ellipses. He eventually circles back somewhere near his point, but he leaves out all the connective tissue, so you're just sitting there as he looks directly ahead, talking about Tom Hanks and being related to poet Joyce Kilmer and the importance of branding, and you can't help wondering, "Is he really just drinking green tea with honey...
That film, Kilmer believes, could be the start of his new business model. He has talked to Downey about teaming up on more comedies, like an edgier Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller. "I knew Tom Hanks. We were starting in comedies around the same time," he says, sipping his tea at the bar at the Hotel Bel-Air and recalling his mid-'80s roles in Top Secret! and Real Genius. "Tom Hanks was very smart. He made several of the same kind of films in a row. Sweet films: Big, Sleepless in Seattle. So you thought...
...DeLay's Indictment House majority leader Tom DeLay [who defiantly rejects charges of illegal campaign-finance dealings] projects mean-spiritedness [Oct. 10]. He has smirked his way through many media moments. I wonder why some political leaders seem to choose an adversarial approach to situations that actually call for amiable discourse. Admired leaders demonstrate nonarrogant and confident behavior. That demeanor and knowing the right thing to do are what we constituents desire from our leaders. Joanne M. Petroske Churchville, Pennsylvania...