Feeding frenzy. (Letters).In "Tilting at Windmills" (May), Charles Peters refers to an article I wrote in The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Observer about breast-feeding breast-feeding /breast-feed·ing/ (brest´fed?ing) nursing; the feeding of an infant at the mother's breast. . Please allow me to correct his representation of my article. I did not attack breast-feeding. (In fact, I proudly nursed my own two children) Rather, I attacked the dynamic of competitiveness that pits breast-feeding mothers against formula-feeding mothers, and I discussed the ambivalence most mothers feel regardless of the method they use to feed their infants. Yes, I did mention, among far more important things, the fact that nursing mothers wear loose-fitting shirts, but I did not criticize the practice of breast-feeding or the wearing of those shirts. LEORA TANENBAUM via email I had forgotten all about the article I wrote on over-zealous airline screeners until I read "Tilting at Windmills." Even more ridiculous, screeners at Bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. Airport in Lexington, Ky., a few weeks ago forced me to remove my sandals, MY SANDALS, and walk barefoot bare·foot also bare·foot·ed adv. & adj. With nothing on the feet: walking barefoot in the grass; a barefoot boy. through the metal detector while my flip-flops rode past me on the x-ray machine Noun 1. X-ray machine - an apparatus that provides a source of X rays apparatus, setup - equipment designed to serve a specific function fluoroscope, roentgenoscope - an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct . AUDREY HUDSON The Washington Times Washington, D. C. |
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