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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 2000
Page
8
An observer notes rapid Westernization in Dalian under Deng era reforms. Fashion shifts appear among students and younger women with dyed hair, cosmetics, branded clothes, and Western styles, while older and poorer people show less change. English phrases on apparel gain popularity, and April Fool's Day is noted.
Peter H. Jaynes notes fashion, mobility, and morals shifting in Dalian. Traffic lights are common yet treated as guidelines by drivers. Cars, fast food, and Western brands multiply while sidewalks crowd with vehicles. University life shows evolving relationships and urban growth with underground parking on the horizon.
Regina Reedy R.N. BSN from St Luke's Hospice Cedar Rapids faults ABC TV's April 9 episode for depicting a morphine and Valium mix as a death hastening cocktail and for dismissing pain management. She notes morphine can relieve suffering and may extend comfort, while seizures are a rare risk.
Advances enable genetic changes, hormones, and irradiation in foods. Proponents cite better products and lower costs while critics warn of environmental and health risks. FDA labeling is limited to irradiated beef. local surveys show strong support for labeling.
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words and requires name address and daytime phone. Only name and hometown appear in print. Send to The Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or via FAX 319 398 5846 or email gazedit fyiowa com.
A Belle Plaine resident argues for human and civil rights for gays, opposing discrimination in housing employment education and public services. The writer cites the Hate Crimes Prevention Act and endorses Gov. Tom Vilsack, urging laws to secure equal rights without special status.
The writer recalls a Cedar Rapids case of retired greyhounds sold to a Minneapolis lab for 400 dollars each, paired with a borrowed memoir fragment on vivisection. The Malaparte passages describe dogs cut open without sound as chords are severed, and a soldier’s wound at Cassino is noted.
Mary Lou McGrew argues the EPA report on Iowa water understates human impact. She blames ground-cover loss, forest destruction, and plowing near river banks for increased dust and runoff, urging faster soil and water conservation actions.
A reader accuses media and columnists of bias in naming suspects by race, recounting past cases where assumptions blamed white males or Arabs. They argue for profiling and stereotype challenges while critiquing perceived double standards and egregious humor.
A reader notes errors in headlines and language, recounting misused words like plaque versus plague and revealed versus reveled. The piece shares examples from readers on word choices and the stubborn spread of misstatements in newspapers.
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