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...those Massachusetts legislators out there, I have a few questions—who stands to benefit from such an amendment? Is this a paternalistic piece of legislation, meant to save the souls of those whose liberty it curtails? Is this a semantic argument? Perhaps Webster has the final say as to who can marry. Must we call homosexual marriages something else? Maybe it’s a piece of legislation meant to preserve the morality of the state...
...gore, violence, perversion and all kinds of addictions. When I hear that it is up to parents to protect their kids, I laugh at the impossibility of that happening in a culture in which every media source is replete with vulgarity, suggestive images, sex and violence. Mary Ann Sementelli Webster, U.S. Out of the Mouth of Dean Re Joe Klein's column "Will the Real Howard Dean Please Stand Up?" [Jan. 19]: I enjoy Dean's antics. It's rare that we have a candidate for President who says what he really means. Americans in the heartland of the country...
...widely. Transport of infected birds to chicken farms is one theory, but it's also possible that migratory birds such as ducks and geese are spreading it through their droppings. "Did birds in Hong Kong, which nest in Siberia and North Korea, somehow spread the virus elsewhere?" asks Robert Webster, an expert in animal influenzas at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. "That's a frightening possibility." If H5N1 does evolve into a flu that humans can spread, a vaccine could be developed but would take months. "Once you know this virus can spread from human...
...certain age--somewhere between Madonna and Britney--your memories of high school or college probably include profound, intense late-night conversations that went something like this: "Dude! Remember Lite-Brites? Remember Webster? Remember Frankie Goes to Hollywood...
...stingray skin is making a bit of a splash in the accessory department this season. Cartier is offering a limited-edition shagreen jewelry pouch, and Bill Blass has launched a new line of shagreen-banded watches. "Some customers like [shagreen] because it resembles pave-set gems," says jeweler Stephen Webster, whose eponymous lines--seen on celebs like Pink and Oprah--feature some shagreen items. But does harvesting stingrays for fashion have an environmental impact? Stingrays are not listed under CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. But the stingray look has some experts concerned. "Because they aren...