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...much as Jarreau relishes staying active, touring remains tough - so Asian fans ought to cherish the opportunities of the next fortnight. "The hardest things on vocal health are singing and traveling," he says. He treats his vocal chords to a regimen that begins six hours before a performance, doing push-ups, abdominal work and vocal exercises. "It's important for a singer to think of himself as an athlete," says Jarreau. Anything to keep the mutiny...
...against authorizing the invasion. The U.S. has a long history of not living up to its ideals. That's because more importance is placed on shallow expressions of honor and love of country than on making sure that all people are being treated equitably and that the values we cherish - and preach - are actually being upheld. We tend to excuse our past mistakes and continue to make them over and over. Mary Brewerton, Denver
...South African who lived through the miracle birth of the "Rainbow Nation," I too revere and cherish Mandela. However, I find Richard Stengel's assertion that "in London on June 25 ... he rose to condemn the savagery of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe" astounding. His "condemnation" amounted to four words: "tragic failure of leadership" - a meek scolding indeed from the world's greatest moral leader. How different things might have been if Mandela, years ago, had put politics aside and stood up to lead the world in fierce condemnation of Mugabe's brutal regime. Mandela's courage and presence brought democracy...
...home is a castle, and Americans cherish their right to protect it. Indeed, self-defense is conspicuous among the motives that have put firearms into about half of all U.S. homes. The results of such preparedness? A new study suggests that a gun in the house is a bigger threat to the inhabitants than to anybody else. In last week's New England Journal of Medicine, Physicians Arthur L. Kellermann and Donald T. Reay analyze 398 shooting deaths that occurred from 1978 to 1983 in households with guns in the Seattle area. The score: only nine deaths involved an intruder...
...watch Tony at the podium each day," said President Bush in a statement Saturday morning. "He brought wit grace, and a great love of country to his work. His colleagues will cherish memories of his energetic personality and relentless good humor." the President said...