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...Dolan's version: ominous shots of Soviet troops parading and an overlong interview with Republican Senator Gordon Humphrey of New Hampshire, who believes that so long as there is fighting in Afghanistan, there should be no talking at Geneva. (Secretary of State George Shultz, who in committee hearings can listen stonily to most congressional critics, recently admonished Humphrey, "Come off it, Senator.") As NBC Correspondent John Cochran explained on Today (but had not made clear in his profile), he had confined his reporting to people who had actually met Gorbachev. His profile was thus unrounded, not from liberal bias...
Patience is hardly the signal virtue of our age. But somehow the ceremony to mark the passing of Pope John Paul II would not have felt right without the wait; standing still for so long was part of the journey. You could listen closely to the swelling crowd and hear songs and stories and prayers and memories shared in every language--everything, except complaint. Maybe it takes such a death for patience to be born...
Like most of her classmates at Washington High School in Milwaukee, Wis., La Shanda Trimble, 18, is attentive to fashion trends; it's the particular trend she chooses that sets her apart. She's a Goth, wearing black lipstick and nail polish, listening to bands like Linkin Park and Rob Zombie rather than rapper Nelly or R&B star Ciara. She likes to wear her hair in pigtails instead of the more popularly accepted braids. The other kids don't approve. "They think I should act like them,'' says the 11th-grader. "They like me to listen...
...eliminated, it can be reduced to the point where people become more functional and get their lives back. Philip J. Wagner, M.D. New York City I lived with chronic pain for more than five years, and I had to insist, insult, plead and finally cry before any physician would listen and recognize I was in agony and needed help. I now take a pain medication that has literally given me my life back. Ironically, even the doctor who prescribed it thinks much of my pain is "psychological." The only response I have for such doctors is to say that chronic...
...listen to the beginning of this song and pretend that Eminem is talking to me. That he is my daddy, and that I am the little soldier he is addressing. As he eloquently puts it, we’re all we’ve got in this world—when it spins, when it swirls, when it whirls, when it twirls. I love you too, papa...