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In the newspaper, I read of guns and bombs in city streets from the Middle East to Northern Ireland, grenades in small-town Elberton and New York funerals unfinished nearly a year later. I read of children stolen like cars and killed like game, pilots wanting guns and religions stretched to shatteri...

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Published inThe Atlanta journal-constitution (2001)
Main Author BENJAMIN HIRSCH, CAROLINE SETON, BILL BURNS, CHERYL L. TURNER, JACK WALDROP, DOUG SANDY, GLORIA DUGGER, ANDREW ALLEN, MARK COLE
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta, Ga Atlanta Journal Constitution, LLC 31.07.2002
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Summary:In the newspaper, I read of guns and bombs in city streets from the Middle East to Northern Ireland, grenades in small-town Elberton and New York funerals unfinished nearly a year later. I read of children stolen like cars and killed like game, pilots wanting guns and religions stretched to shattering as their humanity is revealed. I read of women whose least concern is unequal pay and about children with no future, as the girls are taught nothing and the boys are taught war. Recently a Cessna 150 that had taken off from Falcon Field in Peachtree City made a crash landing within a mile of my home. The pilot and student had been executing a maneuver in which they cut the engine and after a "controlled" descent restarted it. Well, in this case, the engine did not start again. Now that we have managed to push smokers outdoors, we have a letter writer calling for outdoor smoking restrictions ("Outdoor attractions should ban smoking," @issue, July 29) because she is "unable to enjoy outdoor activities because of smokers poisoning the air."
ISSN:1539-7459