Aiken County Hoops Reach Peak With Fabulous Season
Editorial notes Michael Tyler’s buzzer beater for South Aiken High School crown in Class AAA and recalls the epic clashes between Thoroughbreds and North Augusta Yellow Jackets. USC Aiken and Aiken Technical College also savor post season runs, marking a landmark winter for area basketball.
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Michael Tyler
Socastee High School
Aiken County Cagers
South Aiken High School
North Augusta Yellow Jackets
USC Aiken
Columbia
Aiken County
South Aiken
Tyler
Tony Kitchings
Catawba College
Aiken Technical College
Reinhardt College
ATC
Danville
South Carolina
Ruling lacks common sense in Sprewell case
The arbitrator suspended Latrell Sprewell for seven months after an assault on his coach, leaving the Golden State Warriors to honor $17.3 million remaining on his contract for two seasons. The Record notes basketball’s pattern of tolerating violence and failing to address criminal behavior in sports.
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Latrell Sprewell
Golden State Warriors
Warriors
Sprewell
Stockton
Calif
Northern Ireland peace talks and sectarian peril loom
Amid St Patrick s Day revelry the fate of Northern Ireland s peace talks remains precarious as violence continues. The piece notes sectarian killings, desegregation woes, and graffiti driving communal tension in Derry and Belfast, with U S clergy urged to aid peacemaking and reconciliation efforts through education and ecumenical programs.
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St. Patrick's Day
Northern Ireland
St. Patrick’s Country
Giant's Causeway
Enniskillen Castle
Moira
Portadown
Seamus Dunn
University of Ulster
Center For the Study of
Edward Kennedy
Derry
Belfast
America
U.S
Dublin
London
Washington, D.C
Tron
United States
Sean Farren
Bled
Center For the Study
Incore
Corrymeela
Londonderry
Letters on education and federal aid in South Carolina
A reader corrects figures on federal education funding and describes the roles of Congress and the president. The letter discusses World Almanac data, fingerprinting for educators, and historical shifts in federal education structure, arguing state and local funds dominate SC’s schools. It weighs policy blame, mentions Carter and Bush administrations, and questions a potential new state superintendent’s stance on accepting federal money.
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District of Columbia
New Hampshire
South Caroliina
National Guard
South Carolina
Sutherland
Department of Health, Education, Welfare
Congress
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Secretary of Education
William J. Bennett
Bennett
Bush
Empower America
Lamar Alexander
Alexander
Tennessee
Richard W. Riley
Riley
United States
Republican Party
Uose
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Clarence
Thomas
Bill Clinton
Bob Rackwood
Doadw
Bkew Steen
AIKE
Scott B. Hunter
Jepnen N. Ranzer
Jeffrey B. Wallace
J. David Boyd
Ellen C
Stephen P. Conyers
James R. Bennett Jr
Kennedy
Rita Restorick
Stephen Restorick
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Michael McGoldrick
McGoldrick
Don Corrigan
School of Communications
Webster University
St. Louis
Council On International Educational Exchange
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