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...between parents and children even reverses direction. Kendel Ratley, 23, a public relations account executive in New York City, misses her miniature dachshund, Loki, dreadfully and begs her mom to bring him for a visit. But Betty Ratley, a nonprofit fund raiser in Tyson's Corner, Va., has resisted, afraid Kendel won't let her take him home again. As for me, I can grumble all I want about my girls not taking their cats--because I know they never will. Recently when little Seis fell ill, I felt stricken. Caring for her was hard work, but losing her would...
Michael Duell was not unhappy about the long flight. No jangling cell phones, no nagging e-mails. Plus, it was New Year's Eve, so no Dick Clark. "I find these flights very relaxing," says the engineer, 45, from Oakton, Va. "I actually get a lot of work done." This particular British Airways flight, arching across the Atlantic from London's Heathrow to Dulles airport outside Washington, was wonderfully unremarkable. Only the people on the ground watching it land would have seen the two F-16 fighter jets gliding behind the plane...
...kill their own people, as well as aid workers and coalition soldiers, is terrorists. Calling them insurgents makes it sound as if they have something legitimate to offer their people as an alternative to American occupation. Violence and death are not much of an option. DAN ROBBINS Richmond, Va...
...know. How about that money be spent to feed people or provide health coverage for those who can't afford it, or better yet, lets teach people to read. Now those are grand goals and ideas which we should be exploring. This is an asinine idea. Nauman Ansari Alexandria, Va...
CONVICTED. LEE BOYD MALVO, 18, suspect in last fall's D.C.-area sniper shootings that left 10 people dead; on all three counts with which he was charged, including capital murder and terrorism, making him eligible for the death penalty; in Chesapeake, Va...