The Fossil and I (The Beckoning)
The Fossil and I (The Beckoning) By Albert J Repicci Stranded on this somber Isle,No man no beast here to beguile.I speak to fossils by the sea,And verily they speak to me.My words erupt with sullen tones,And fall upon the earth like stones,Lamenting life and all its sorrow,With dread I face a bleak tomorrow.In youth, […]
Meeting the Challenge of Accountability
Meeting the Challenge of Accountability By Albert J. Repicci, D.M.D. FEW EXPERIENCES IN life are as gratifying as being a part of the metamorphosis of floundering children into mature young adults. Likewise, few things are as frustrating and humbling. That is true for a parent and true also for an orthodontist. From the vantage point […]
Media Reports
Greenwich Magazine Helping those who have literally nothing in the way of medical/ dental care, these local doctors are saving the world one patient at a time. Single-engine planes, rickety trains, helicopters and horseback. These are but a few of the modes of transport for the globetrotting Greenwich doctors who make arduous annual treks to […]
Lessons of persecution live through the ages
By Albert RepicciGreenwich Time, Thursday, November 17, 1988 On the eve of Kristallnacht, the night of shattered glass, I began to explain to my children the purpose of lighting a commemorative candle in remembrance of that night of horror, the begin¬ning of the open persecution of Jews in Germany. Drawing from the Greenwich Time’s article, […]
‘We have hope,’ hostage writes
GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT, SATURNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1980 Greenwich man receives a reply Dr. Albert J. Repicci was shocked when he opened a letter in his office Thursday and found it was from the senior official being held hostage at the Foreign Ministry in Tehran. “I couldn’t believe it,” the orthodontist, who practices on Milbank Avenue said. […]
‘It was just too personal… to be sitting there as tourist items’
Doctor searches for dog tags’ owners Dr. Albert Repicci was visiting a popular Vietnamese tourist site this fall when he saw a box filled with items that he couldn’t believe were being sold as tourist trinkets. For $1 each, tourists could purchase as a souvenir a “dog tag” of a United States soldier who served […]
Anxiety over change
To the editor: It was not surprising to hear the lament of Elie Wiesel concerning the lack of debate over the prospect of Germany’s reunification. The lightspeed pace earmarking the transformation of politics and governments in Eastern Europe has left many scrambling to assess the impact of such rapid change. Predictably the initial euphoria is […]
Make relief of suffering a top goal for the new year
To the editor: Writing about Ben Franklin, John Adams once referred to him as being both great and good, drawing a distinction between the two attributes. Although many of us do not aspire to greatness, goodness is within reach of us all. I suppose that is why at this time of year. We subject ourselves […]
Common sense needed in debate over abortion
By Albert J. Repicci Tuesday, December 5, 1989 Is there anybody left out there who has not yet grown weary of the incessant harangue over the abortion issue; weary of news reporters inciting the public by heralding every proclamation as a pro—life/pro-choice victory or loss; weary of TV cameras flocking to the scenes of demonstrators […]
9/11 remembered with compassion in remote comers of the globe
By Albert J. RipicciGreenwich Comment Today, on the anniversary of 9/11, Americans across the country will reflect on and commemorate the senseless loss of life at the World Trade Center. They will also denounce the heinous act of terrorism that led to this tragedy. As with most catastrophes, there is a tendency to place our […]