Culture of control and private-home wheelchair rules debate
Opinion piece notes a Naperville council 7-1 vote to require accessible new homes and a similar Arizona ordinance. It argues against broad decrees on private homes, favoring incentives over mandatory standards and stressing local governments should focus on outside-the-home issues.
Voices in War Echo Fractured Loyalties and Casualties
The text cites Ali Lindsey Lindh essays from February 2000 and October 2000 emails showing personal tensions amid the Americas and Navy context. Witness accounts describe a Jan 23 Afghan religious school raid that killed 19, with survivors and Afghan officials disputing who was targeted or killed. The Pentagon faces inquiries over the raid’s target accuracy.
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Walker Lindh
Frank Lindh
Niaz Mohammed
U.S
Afghanistan
Pentagon
al-Qaida
Thought for the Day quote by Ashley Montagu
A Thought for the Day quotes Ashley Montagu, the English anthropologist, on human behavior. It notes that people can act irrationally in the name of reason, reflecting on rationality and humanity.
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Ashley Montagu
On This Day February Seven Through History Highlights
Events span 1812 birth of Charles Dickens in Portsmouth to 1999 king Hussein of Jordan dies. 1964 Beatles arrive in New York for first American tour. 1971 Swiss women gain vote. 1986 Duvalier flees Haiti. 1943 shoe rationing begins. 1944 Anzio counteroffensive. 1984 spacewalk. 1986 Duvalier departure. 1999 Hussein dies. Tyson rape trial testimony noted ten years ago.
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John E Kennedy International
Charles Dickens
Portsmouth
England
Abdullah
Mike Tyson
Indianapolis
Snow removal team rated by residents via email poll
Residents were invited to rate the city's snow removal efforts from last week calling the poll via email at thebuzz@gctelegram.com or by phone extension 304. Respondents could mark Excellent Good Fair or Poor and submit comments.
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Kathleen Parker
Orlando Sentinel
Kparker
NPPC gains exclusive rights to checkoff programs in deal
NPPC secured exclusive worldwide rights to the checkoff funded programs from NPB after a November 2000 agreement. The deal created EMS, a for profit unit to perform on farm environmental audits with royalties due to NPB later and potential expansion into dairy beef and poultry. The arrangement faces scrutiny as lawmakers consider expanding EQIP funding and lifting size limits that would let larger producers access subsidies.
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NPB
National Pork Producers Council
NPPC
Congress
EMS
U.S
Park Board
Michael Simpson
Hugh Dominy
Dominy
Cargill Park
NPR
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House
USDA
Pig Big Boys Cargill
Smithfield
EMS Up and Running
Pope presses divorce stance amid Vatican debate
Kathleen Parker reports on Pope John Paul II denouncing divorce as a societal plague and urging clergy and judges toward conscientious objection to divorce. The piece notes mixed reactions from radicals and a defender of divorce, compares to Mavis Hetherington's study on child outcomes, and cites Dr Laura's stance on when to end marriages.
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John Paul II
Vatican
John Paul
Alessandro Mussolini
Mavis Hetherington
Hetherington
Afghanistan
Point B
Laura
Enron donations tied to political donors and Texas ties
Steven Weiss of the Center for Responsive Politics notes Enron’s large political contributions since 1989 amid its bankruptcy crisis. The Houston company gave hundreds of thousands to candidates and parties, overwhelmingly to Republicans, while maintaining ties to Texas legislators and Democratic figures.
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Washington
United States
Bush
Ken Lay
Jeff Skilling
Lays
Lay
Texas
Cheney
Clinton
Kyoto
Japan
Congress
White House
House
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Phil Gramm
Senate
Ken Bentsen
Steven Weiss
Center For Responsive Politics
CRP
Washington, D.C
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