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After last week's column, I received a number of emails from readers with stories of disappointment in meeting their heroes. I couldn't help but notice our
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From the Editors of E - The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: Any tips for how to make my Thanksgiving greener and less wasteful this year?
-- Melissa W., Boston, MA
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD, (1926–2004) was a Swiss-born psychiatrist, humanitarian and co-founder of the hospice movement around the world. In 1969 she wrote “On Death and Dying.” Given the somber