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Hunger in our midst
While many of us gather with our families for Thanksgiving dinner, millions of our nation's working poor will line up outside soup kitchens. The number of people living in poverty rose 1.3 million last year, bringing the total to 33 million. The unemployment rate is 5.7 percent, which means that 9.6 million Americans are without jobs. More than 41 million do not have health insurance, and one out of five children go hungry, the highest rate of child poverty among industrialized countries.
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By Christine Ahn,
11/28/2002 03:01 AM EST)
I'll be talking turkey and toting Atkins
When I called the Atkins Medical Center in midtown Manhattan, I got a recording. "I'm Dr. Robert Atkins," said a disembodied and surprisingly eager voice. "We here at the Atkins Center are here to keep you healthy! If you would like information about becoming a patient at the center, please press 1 ..."
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By Zev Chafets,
11/28/2002 03:01 AM EST)
Iraq war inevitable?
In the London Mirror newspaper on Nov. 21 there was the following headline: "Bush Aide: Inspections or not, we'll attack Iraq." Bush's top security adviser, Richard Perle, addressed an all-party meeting of British parliamentarians on global security. "Perle stunned MPs by insisting a 'clean bill of health' from UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix would not halt America's war machine. ... Former British defense minister Peter Kilfoyle said: "America is duping the world into believing it supports...
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11/28/2002 03:01 AM EST)
The Pilgrims gave us more than Thanksgiving
As a descendant of a Mayflower voyager, I have had a longstanding interest in learning more about the Pilgrims, the native people they found when they landed, and how they managed to live together in acceptable harmony.
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By Robert Jennings Heinsohn,
11/28/2002 03:01 AM EST)
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