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Here’s to You, Mr. Hoffman
In 1967 I was an 18-year-old cashier
at the Coronet theater in Manhattan,
and The Graduate was the feature film.
Dustin Hoffman would often come by
and ask, “How we doin’?” When I in-
formed him about the sold-out shows,
he would grin from ear to ear. Your article shows he’s
as enthusiastic now as when he began his film career.
—BERNADE TTE BEAM, Forest Hills, New York
beans and whole grains. Studies have
shown that eating meat significantly
increases one’s risk of several cancers.
By all means let’s eat more berries and
broccoli, but let’s not ignore the biggest problem on our plate.
MS. SIMON CHAITOWITZ
Washington, D. C.
Recession Recareer Path
I read “Laid Off!”—the article about
losing a job after laboring for years
in one industry—with great interest.
Having worked blue-collar jobs for
most of my life, I decided it was time
for a change. I earned a bachelor’s degree when I was 52. I am now finishing
my master’s. My advice: Get the skills
you need to be productive in today’s
ever-changing workforce.
to build cars, as noted by Lee Iacocca
in “What This Country Needs,” then
how can they afford to pay executives thousands of dollars an hour
to run a company into the ground?
There seems to be plenty of money to
compensate the millionaires, but not
enough for the working class.
Democracy at Any Age
Reading about the work of Roger
Wilkins’s young daughter in the presidential election [“The Gift of Hope”]
reminded me of two seventysome-thing citizens who knocked on our
door during the campaign and urged
us to vote for Obama. His election is
due to the efforts of every generation
pounding the pavement.
CINDY AND CHUCK WILLIAMS
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Seeds of Hope
Barbara Damrosch’s gardening article “Dirt Cheap Eats” reminds me
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SHARON ADLEY
Cedar Lake, Indiana
LARRY LANGLEY
St. Joseph, Michigan
Beating Cancer
As a cancer survivor, I was disappointed the author of “The Anticancer
Lifestyle” overlooked a very important
way to fight cancer: replacing animal
products with healthier foods such as
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Iacocca’s Ideas
If automakers can’t afford to pay
skilled laborers an hourly wage of $50
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