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...just finished reading "War Wounds," and am appalled by the maiming of these two innocent civilians in the bloody civil war in Sierra Leone [WORLD, Sept. 13]. As a young boy from India, I lived in Nigeria, where my father was a school principal in the early '80s. Nigeria and Sierra Leone were such peaceful countries, and their citizens were so lovely in nature--happy, God-fearing people with a smile and a greeting for everyone. What has happened to this continent? It has lost all its civility and is leaving behind a trail of brutality and sadness everywhere...
...trade was big news, making the cover of Sports Illustrated and ESPN Magazine. He was supposed to elevate the Rockets to contender status. He got the huge contract he felt he deserved and went on to have his worst year since the '80s...
There is a senior counterpart to Lance Armstrong, who overcame testicular cancer to win the Tour de France bicycle championship this year. He is Sid Duckman, 80, who has traveled a long road of medical catastrophe: a 1 1/2-ft. section of his colon was removed in the early '80s because of cancer. A decade later, he underwent 35 radium treatments for prostate cancer. This summer his spleen and left kidney, also cancerous, were taken...
...Early '80s music also left a mark. By the '90s, Michael Jackson was most famous as a punch line on "The Tonight Show," but back in 1983, "Thriller" was just plain cool...
Talking to someone who doesn't share childhood memories can make even a college student feel old. But seniors, take heart from administrators: it's possible to grow older gracefully. Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley Nathans says she didn't join in most of the signature moments of the '80s childhood...