Back to School Costs Rise Beyond Supplies
A Telegram survey highlights that kindergarten through sixth grade supplies average 12.16 per student, with total costs for clothing backpacks and extras exceeding 50 per child. Salvation Army and local businesses support efforts to equip up to 400 students, with drop-off points listed for Garden City.
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Telegram
Salvation Army
Nesses
Garden City
Quotes on Middle East conflict and U S politics
Qatar foreign minister condemns inaction on Lebanon war calling bloodbath, while Senator Lieberman vows to run as an independent after losing primary in Connecticut. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reflects on football as his lifelong passion and pivotal career moment.
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Joe Lieberman
Ned Lamont
Connecticut
Roger Goodell
National Football League
Telegram invites signed letters to editor policy
The Telegram invites letters to the editor signed with writer address and phone number. All letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Thank you letters should be in nature. form letters and complaints will not be printed. contact options include email fax phone and postal address.
First Amendment text to guide civil liberties
The passage restates the core clauses of the First Amendment. It outlines establishment, free exercise, free speech, a free press, and rights to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances. The wording emphasizes limiting government interference with individual rights.
Rumsfeld argues for perseverance in Iraq war stance
The article cites Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defending U S policy and warning that premature withdrawal would empower terrorists and extend the fight to Afghanistan and the broader Middle East. It contrasts U S and terrorist tactics while recalling Hurtgen Forest to argue for resilience. It also notes Gen Abizaid and Gen Pace comments on sectarian violence and the risk of civil war in Iraq.
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Free World
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Spain
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Hurtgen Forest
Belgium-Germany
America
Hitler
Freedom
God and War in the Middle East War
Column argues moral ambiguity of Israel Hezbollah conflict. Cites theologizing, US policy, and quotes Yoel Marcus and Ayman al Zawahri to claim divine favoritism is absurd. Provokes critique of US diplomacy and neo con stance while urging realpolitik assessment of victory and regional stability.
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Yoel Marcus
Hezbollah
Osama bin Laden
Ayman al-Zawahri
Palestine
Spain
August miscellany and notes on language and life
A playful August roundup mixes language history and quirky observed facts. It references Browning on August, an array of lighthearted items about culture, grammar, quirky punctuation like the interrobang, and short notes on books, institutions, and local trivia.
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