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...fate of America feels very much like what the poet W.H. Auden described as the state of most poets' output: good ideas, badly executed. Wealthy, work-obsessed, gobbling down small, hurried pleasures in cholesterol-laden chunks as we contemplate the risings and fallings of the Dow, we tend to forget that charm, as Camus observed in The Fall, can provide us with "a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question...
Remember that some budget airlines keep costs low and turnaround times high by flying in and out of secondary airports that are often a long way from city centers. So factor in the cost-and inconvenience-of a long bus, train or taxi ride if necessary. And don't forget that there's no such thing as a free lunch on a no-frills airline...
...since the big bad test couldn't possibly hurt Alan Greenspan or Oprah Winfrey. But the SAT occupies a central place in the American psyche, lying at the terrifying intersection of ability, class and pride. As TV's Conan O'Brien put it, "It has taken 20 years to forget the trauma of that damned test, and looking up my scores would be like going back to Vietnam...
...mother of a five-year-old who died from leukemia. A clone of my son created from a lock of his hair would never make it possible for me to forget that he is gone forever. STEPHANIE WOLF Memphis, Tenn...
...Today, here I am, and apart from a lifelong hatred of the New York Times crosswords, I am fine. Maybe you should hold off publishing articles like this one until all the facts are known. Until then, Dick Cheney and I will be closely watched to see if I forget my keys or he forgets a meeting in the Oval Office. GERTRUDE VAN HOOYDONCK Orient...