Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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This liberal Democrat-run Congress
T.B. Fisher of Princeton This liberal Democrat-run Congress is an amazing group. I miss the late Will Rogers and all the fun he would have had pointing out the silly things they do. For well over 40 years I have been reading alarming articles about America’s deteriorating infrastructure: bridges, roads, sewers, power grid, water supply…
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A new year, a new vision
String of Pearls, a Jewish fellowship in Princeton, seeks to build up its community as it rebuilds tradition By Sue RepkoSpecial Writer Staff photo by Frank WojciechowskiAt her home in Princeton, Rabbi Vicki Seren Tuckman of String of Pearls spends time with some of the children of the Reconstructionist Jewish congregation. ‘There are many positive…
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BOOK NOTES: Shining light into a dark place
By Kristin Boyd Staff Writer Shobhan Bantwal The Indian dowry system is a complicated web of tradition, corruption and greed. Even though the nation’s leaders banned the practice more than 40 years ago, many women still die or suffer injuries because of dowry-related abuse. In America, such acts are considered domestic violence. In India, sadly,…
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High risks of keg parties
Chip Mcara of Trenton We are at the start of a new school year, and college-bound children will be distanced from the protective factors of parents and familiar friends who have enabled them to abstain from alcohol use. They will now be entering unfamiliar territory and will be pressured to conform in order to be…
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On the air
At the David Sarnoff Library in West Windsor, Alexander Magoun, center, executive director, working with two of the library’s student volunteers, Rohit Reddy, left, and his sister, Renuka Reddy, both from West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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HEALTH MATTERS
South Asian health is focus of local study By Rao Andavolu, M.D., Special to The Packet In 1976, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare conducted a famous study that looked at the elderly residents of Okinawa, who were experiencing one of the highest longevity rates in the world while enjoying outstanding health well…
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BOOK NOTES: Discovering Taffeta Chime
By Joan RuddimanSpecial Writer A common perception of kids and summer is that the lazy, hazy days were invented for kids-out-of-school. Summer for some kids, however, is a time of intense work. These kids are writers and as such, they take full advantage of what all writers need — time to write. I met one…
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HEALTH MATTERS: Fighting prostate cancer
By Alexander P. Vukasin, M.D., and Henry Davison Jr., M.D.Special to The Packet Prostate cancer is a cancer of the reproductive gland in men — the small, walnut-shaped gland that produces seminal fluid, the fluid that protects and transports sperm. Prostate cancer affects 1 in 6 men, making it the second most commonly occurring male…
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On the air
David Sarnoff Library preserves the legacy of a media visionary By Christian KirkpatrickSpecial Writer The next time you wonder, “How did we ever get along before the Internet?,” ask yourself, “How did we ever get along before radio, television, computers, lasers and communications satellites?” Beginning a hundred years ago, a series of communications technologies was…
