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Nancy Gibbs' report "Seven Astronauts, One Fate," poignantly captured the spirit of adventure of those brave travelers who lost their lives on the space shuttle Columbia doing what they loved best [COVER STORIES, Feb. 10]. May their sacrifice serve as a reminder that this country was pioneered by many brave explorers who had a zeal for looking beyond the horizon and the courage to probe the unknown. STEVE BUTLER Wakefield, Mass...
...astronauts who perished represent the best that humankind has to offer, yet few of us knew their names before this disaster. Why didn't we stop for a moment before the Columbia's launch to celebrate this brave and diverse group of space pioneers? Why couldn't we spare a moment of prime-time television to have our highest public officials introduce these role models to our youth? It was a lost opportunity. Only after their deaths do we celebrate their lives. FRED POLITINSKY Wayne...
...BOTTOM LINE 'When I came here the debt mountain looked like the Himalayas. Now it's like the Matterhorn' PETER VOSER, financial director of Swiss-Swedish engineering group ABB, putting a brave face on a record $787 million annual loss
...fashioned male bonding, right? Right? Regardless, spending some time at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Lodge in the North End will help the men of Spee get back to basics and rediscover the meaning of brotherly love. Sit back and listen as some of our country’s brave warriors recount their tales of valor, fighting for the freedom of the American people in foreign lands. Then, spin for them the moving tale of how you defended the pride of the Old Greenwich Yacht Club in foreign waters at last year’s inter-club regatta...
...similar one some two decades ago, music is applying pressure. "To us, music is life," says Black Spirits bassist Never Mpofu. Songs like Mapfumo's anthemic Huni ("Do not play with the people, because the people can revolt") and Mtukudzi's thoughtful Kucheneka ("Emulate those who are brave, those who went before you") remind the powerful and the powerless of the possibility of change. "The music is so important to the people," says Mapfumo. "Let's just keep our fingers crossed that it will work." Some people may wonder why it hasn't already, but then the liberation war took...