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...walked into a store, picked up a CD, put it in my pocket and walked out the door, I would be arrested. I don't understand why if I do the same thing on the Internet, there is any question about the legality of this act. If it is against the law in person, it should be against the law in cyberspace! SUZY MURPHY Cheyenne...
...game fixing and point shaving occurred. But even if there weren't scandals, we believe it is inappropriate to bet on college athletic competitions whether done legally in the casinos of Nevada or in any of the other 49 states where federal law currently prohibits it. Congress should act to close the Nevada loophole. Legal gambling on amateur sports fuels the larger, illegal gambling industry and makes it nearly impossible for us to address this growing problem. JAMES E. HANEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR National Association of Basketball Coaches Overland Park, Kans. GRANT TEAFF, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR American Football Coaches Association Waco, Texas...
Voting is not a charitable act. It doesn't help others or ensure a continued democracy. You can be more effective donating those two hours to building a house with Jimmy Carter or even reading a story to Jimmy Carter. He's getting up there. Better yet, find someone who favors the candidate you were going to vote against, and stay home together talking about the issues. It won't accomplish anything, but it will help us get election results more quickly. And that means an earlier work night...
Talk about a hard act to follow. Mary Karr's The Liars' Club (1995) was both one of the decade's most engaging and entertaining memoirs and a phenomenal best seller in the bargain. But you don't survive a harrowing childhood like the one portrayed in that book only to become all timid and fluttery in the face of outrageous success. So here comes Cherry (Viking; 276 pages; $24.95), in which Karr picks up roughly where The Liars' Club left off and recounts her rocky journey from girlhood into full-fledged adolescence...
...private. His campaign team is frustrated by Allen's in-your-face approach and his habit of harping on the 50[cents]-per-gal. gas-tax hike Robb proposed in 1993. They're trying desperately to focus on Robb's strengths, such as his support for the Balanced Budget Act in the Senate and his success as Governor in raising teachers' salaries. As strategist David Doak put it, "You can't spend all your time trying to correct the record...