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Reading's hockey families see the Junta incident as an unfortunate encounter rather than the spawn of rink rage. "The vast majority of parents are doing this for the right reasons," says John Rattigan, a lawyer and father of three boys, all of whom play hockey at the Burbank arena. "We don't necessarily clap for the other side, but we try to be good sports." Rattigan, who does not know Junta or Costin, calls the fight "a very isolated, unusual, scary incident...
...beginning in early 1995, Jordan added upper-body strength and a fall-away jump shot, which allowed him to keep opponents on his hip and then finish them off without attacking the rim. After winning his sixth championship, he retired again. In his third career, Jordan is using his vast experience, the work ethic of a coal miner and the authority of a CEO (he was president of the Wizards' basketball operations until he re-signed as a player) to show the baby Wizards how to win and, if he has to on occasion, to take the game into...
...vast majority of those antidepressants are SSRIs. Their advantage over the earlier generation of tricyclic antidepressants, we were taught, is not that they are so much more effective but that they are a lot more selective and easier to use. Unlike the tricyclics, which interfered with neurotransmitters throughout the brain, the SSRIs zero in on serotonin, the master molecule of mood--lifting depression with fewer side effects and less risk of overdose...
Your article "Can al-Qaeda Find a New Nest?", about possible places the terrorists can seek sanctuary [TERRORISM, Dec. 24], did not mention Saudi Arabia, bin Laden's homeland. But Saudi citizens have obviously supported al-Qaeda with money, men and serious theological underpinnings. Saudi Arabia is a vast country in which local tribal leaders can be wooed and bought, as in Afghanistan. In Saudi Arabia, where a constant stream of tens of thousands of foreigners from all over the world legitimately makes pilgrimages to Mecca, foreign Arab terrorists don't stick out. Would a relatively weak Saudi government crack...
...Such a vast medical network would seem like a good thing, ensuring that no health problem would be too small to be noticed. But the seemingly comprehensive system masks a lot of inefficiency, underfunding and chaos...