LETTERS TO L.A. LIFE : MANNERS ARTICLE MATTERS TO SOMEONE.I was delighted to see your article ``Manners Still Matter,'' (Jan. 14, L.A. Life). It is nice to know, that in this often rude and frequently ungracious world, someone, someplace some·place adv. & n. Somewhere: "I didn't care where I was from so long as it was someplace else" Garrison Keillor. See Usage Note at everyplace. still places importance on the niceties ni·ce·ty n. pl. ni·ce·ties 1. The quality of showing or requiring careful, precise treatment: the nicety of a diplomatic exchange. 2. of social interaction. It is particularly heartwarming heart·warm·ing or heart-warm·ing adj. 1. Causing gladness and pleasure. 2. Eliciting sympathy and tender feelings: a heartwarming tale. Adj. 1. to see attention being paid to table manners Table manners are the etiquette used when eating. This includes the appropriate use of utensils. Different cultures have different standards for table manners. Many table manners evolved out of practicality. . One has only to watch diners in a restaurant to see how the lessons of polite eating habits have been sadly missing or forgotten from our childhood training. (As an example, if you see the movie ``Mother,'' note the scene where Albert Brooks Albert Brooks (born July 22, 1947) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, writer, comedian and director. Biography Early life Brooks was born Albert Lawrence Einstein is eating dinner with a date. I was so fascinated with the way this young lady held her fork and knife, I missed the entire point of the scene!) If it is true, that ``we are what we eat,'' it is more true that we are also how we eat. - Margot Trasatti Sherman Oaks Reader's fur flies over svelte-pelt style The article ``The Furs Flies,'' in the Jan. 9 L.A. Life was subtitled ``Cruella was right - pelt pelt the undressed, raw skin of a wild animal with the fur in place. If from a sheep or goat there is a short growth of wool or mohair on the skin. is svelte, and it's back in style.'' Despite such articles touting fur as fashionable, nothing can hide the fact that fur is cruel and Cruella was aptly named. The fur industry raises animals under abysmal conditions, with minimal care, only to be killed in barbaric ways to satisfy the desires of those humans who probably do not realize the cruelty behind their ``glamorous'' coat. The fur industry tries to hide the facts, but groups like PETA Quadrillion (10 to the 15th power). See space/time. are becoming more and more successful in letting people know that fur is cruel and not glamorous. Fur has not come back in style. What we are hearing from the fur industry is the last few gasps of a barbaric business that is in its last days. - David Adams David Adams may refer to:
Los Angeles Chain-moking angel has reader fuming fuming /fum·ing/ (fum´ing) emitting a visible vapor. fum·ing adj. Producing or emitting smoke or vapor, as for certain concentrated nitric, sulfuric, and hydrochloric acids. The subject is: The angel who smokes. I recently saw the movie ``Michael.'' It's incomprehensible to me how the producers and director of this delightful picture allowed the angel to chain-smoke throughout the whole movie. How much did the smoking industry commit financially to the making of ``Michael''? We have already lost many famous stars to lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. . Isn't it obvious where the movie industry interests lie? How many teens will see this movie and watch John Travolta puff away incessantly, thereby being told that smoking isn't so bad after all, especially if an angel can do it. - Earl D. Horwitz North Hills Waiting for interpretation of `Waiting to Exhale' This letter is in response to the letter published on Dec. 29, written by Eileen O'Neil on the film ``Waiting to Exhale exhale /ex·hale/ (eks´hal) to breathe out. ex·hale v. 1. To breathe out. 2. To emit a gas, vapor, or odor. .'' What movie did she see? I read the book and saw the movie. The movie I saw was about women realizing that having a man wasn't everything and life can go on when we accept and love ourselves. Then you can begin to love again. The movie also included one woman that was overweight and who had not had a relationship in years but found a man who fell in love with her ``volumptuous'' body and her loving spirit. Ellen, read the book, then see the movie but this time with an open mind. - Sheryl Quarmyne Northridge Another take on overcoming migraines The Jan. 20th article ``Cracking the Migraine Enigma,'' caught my interest, as I had suffered with migraines for 30 years. It may interest your readers to know that it is not what you need to take to overcome the pain of migraines - it's what they should eliminate from their diets. In 1993, I simply changed my food program and haven't had one headache since. When I eliminated foods which were wrong for the human body in general - it took the stress of breaking down that food off of my internal organs - and the end result was no more migraines. I was among those who barely function - and as I grew older it became worse. I was experiencing four three-day migraines monthly. A simple dietary change eliminated this horrible scourge. I know what it feels like to want to die, because of the excruciating agony that doesn't let up for days. I have no more desire for the foods, which were breaking down my body and creating the living nightmare of migraine headaches. - Barbara Charis North Hollywood |
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