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...outsider, Anne appears perfectly normal. She is impeccably dressed, her white hair is immaculate, and she wears a corsage of pink baby roses on her lapel. She engages in conversation, cracks jokes and seems thrilled to be surrounded by so many loved ones. But talk to her daughter Barbara Reiter, and it's clear that Anne isn't normal at all. She insists that she didn't know about the party, even though, Barbara says, "I told her about it every day for at least a week." Barbara got her mother dressed that morning and took her to the beauty...
...disturbed by the comment that wounded soldiers aren't "fighting to be all they can be anymore. They're fighting to be as close to normal as they can be." I believe that these wounded soldiers are still fighting to be "all they can be" and that in their journey through recovery, they will find they have strengths and skills to draw on that will make them even better than most complacent, "able-bodied" people. GREG DAVIS O'Fallon...
...want to believe that they went to war for no good reason. But if President Bush hadn't gone on this crazy quest, these boys would not have been wounded. The 21year-old would have finished his service and moved on to college. The newlywed would have a normal start of family life, and the new father would be able to run after his daughter instead of dragging himself across the floor. I admire these guys' optimism about their situation. But this could have been avoided. VANESSA LANDRY-CLAVERIE St.-Lambert...
...said that the manager simply insisted that they complete their normal after-dinner tasks beforehand...
...were just following our normal cleaning procedures,” McGahey said...