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...early age [EDUCATION, Sept. 29]. Some people think it is a waste of schooltime to teach children to be polite, but politeness is more important than your IQ. It is better to be a B-average student with great manners than an A+ student who is a big wise guy. If all second-graders learned politeness and kindness just as they learn math and science, America would be a much more civilized society in 25 years. CHRISTINE DEVLIN, age 11 Brookline, Mass...
...fatherly portrayal of the title character. Garofalo, while retaining her characteristic snappy wit, had a certain sluggish weariness both physically (a little too prominent eye wrinkles) and in delivery. At times, she seems to be shouting her lines (even accounting for her character's abrasiveness) without much conviction. Like-wise, Sanders, while manifesting a certain irreverent charm, was more often smiling in cheerful, bovine manner than giving any punch lines...
Despite the sacrifice of time and perhaps one's social life, another panelist, Chris Gabrieli, general partner of Bessemer Venture Partners, advised the truly wise not to go into "gilded cage careers" just for the sake of having a stable...
...more old-fashioned political theory this is the part where the miraculous lawgiver steps up to bat. It may be Moses or Solon or Lycurgus or God. He is uncommonly wise with a gift for lawmaking and an impeccable moral vision. His legislation is both moral and politic, popular and wise. Of course, the picture isn't completely rosy. Sometimes the people do not understand the message or the messenger. The people of Israel lose faith in Moses; the ten commandments are shattered at the foot of Sinai...
...movie's center is a wise child: Ahmad, 10, brings the warring family together. As Ahmad, Brandon Hammond is superb: his serious eyes are alert, his bearing natural. He points the film up the road it should have taken. Didn't, though. The dialogue plays like song cues without the songs, and the rest of a talented cast is wasted. Soul Food aims to be a banquet of feelings, but mostly it serves up tripe...