New Year Means New Start
Editorial
      The start of every new year brings out the same feelings- the optimism that comes with a new beginning and the promise inherent in a chance to start fresh. This year, 2008, holds out more than the usual reason for anticipatory excitement. For one thing, it's a day longer than its immediate predec...
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Love The U.S.? Vote!
      To The Editor: The New Year will begin as the old one ends, with a political free-for-all fighting for the White House. The only certainty is a new administration will direct the course of the nation in 13 months. The bickering and animosity beginning during the [former President William] Clinto...
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After Steroids, Refunds?
      To The Editor: We all know that baseball players are making outrageous salaries and their fans have to pay too much to go to ballparks. Maybe now is the time (after the steroid scandal) to ask for some refunds, which could be used to lower the entrance fees next season.
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Asks For History Help
      To The Editor: My 7th grade geography class is studying the United States. I chose your state because I was born in Yonkers, New York. I know that Manhattan was named after the tribe, Manahatta. I also know that Yonkers is near The Bronx.
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Hails Baby's Helpers
      To The Editor: I read in the paper that a Christmas miracle occurred when on December 17, four Queens teenagers saved a baby girl abandoned in an Elmhurst dumpster.
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Health Care Is Right
      To The Editor: In this season of giving, good will towards all humanity and caring, I applaud three very dedicated special and caring city council representatives, Ms.[Christine] Quinn, Joel Rivera, and Eric Gioia for their passage of Manny's Law.
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Celebrate And Remember
      To The Editor: This is the time of year to celebrate with friends and families, for gift giving and family get-togethers, a time to reflect on our lives and assess our future goals. It is also a period when we must not forget about those less fortunate, and those whose futures may seem less brig...
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Escaping Domestic Violence
Op- ed
BY KENNETH L. NOLLER, M.D.
      Each year approximately 2 million women in the United States are physically or sexually assaulted by an intimate partner. Intimate partner violence, or domestic violence, accounts for 22 percent of all violent crimes against women and affects women from all social, racial, ethnic and economic back...
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