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...success. Until then, she's stuck in the trappings of a tearjerker minibiopic: in small-town Kansas with a sister dying of Hodgkin's disease, a mother and father in emotional retreat and a Catholic school full of nuns who have no respect for the art of the 200 free...
Psihoyos refers to the team he recruits, which includes a moldmaker from Industrial Light & Magic and a pair of champion deep-sea free divers, as being like Ocean's Eleven. He's kidding. Sort of. The goal is a lot worthier than emptying the vault at a Las Vegas casino, but in terms of style, that's what The Cove is emulating. Characters are introduced with a flourish--the daredevil, the soulful surfer, the bumbling cops--and Psihoyos takes the George Clooney role. (He's got the tan and the big white teeth.) There's time-lapse photography, footage shot...
...disturbed to read about extending the academic year for schoolchildren [July 27]. The free time afforded by summer vacation does much for the mind, provided children have ample time to play, especially outside. If the issue is that low-income kids lose reading skills, communities would be better off implementing fun reading programs to keep kids growing. Childhood is a time of creativity and play. I'm not against education. I am completing my Ph.D. But I can't stand to think about my kids being behind their desks longer than they already are. Bethany Snyder, RESTON...
...years, public libraries have offered free, structured, fun summer reading programs proven to keep skills sharp. Before we add to the school year, we should look to support the real pillars of lifelong education--our public libraries. Pamela Fitzgerald, CHARLOTTESVILLE...
...Targets," by Jeffrey Kluger, in which both North and South Carolina are listed as states with no restrictions on smoking in restaurants [July 27]: I am extremely pleased to report that in Rock Hill, S.C.--and, as of Jan. 2, 2010, in all of North Carolina--restaurants are smoke-free. Patronage has increased, and there's a new, fresh ambiance in all of them. In Rock Hill--one of several areas in the state to pass such a law--the new ordinance went into effect on May 1, though several restaurants had by then already banned smoking. Guillermo Castillo-Feliú...