Word: atlanta
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rules of argument generally hold that you need three examples to prove your point. When yet another bomb exploded in Atlanta late last Friday night, this time in a crowded gay and lesbian bar, it was the third such incident in the past seven months. A particularly hateful and frightening point may have been made...
...This is eerily reminiscent of last summer and last month," Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell told a press conference. "We clearly believe we are dealing with a deranged killer, but one who is very clever." Investigators were somewhat more guarded. "We're not ruling out the possibility of a serial bomber," an FBI spokesman told TIME, "but it's just too early to tell...
...bombings have one other thing in common: no one has claimed responsibility for any of them. "Maybe this was something to scare us, to put us in our place," said Lynn Cothren, an Atlanta gay activist. Until investigators have a breakthrough or someone speaks up, Atlanta citizens can only wonder what kind of awful message is being sent to them...
...ATLANTA: New figures released Thursday show that AIDS deaths are down significantly for the first time. According to the Centers for Disease Control, deaths fell 13 percent in the first half of 1996 to about 22,000, down from 24,900 for the same period in 1995. At the same time, the growth rate for people diagnosed with the disease is slowing. Two percent more cases were diagnosed in 1995 compared to the previous year, less than half the five percent rate from 1993 to 1994. "This is one of the first bright spots we have seen in this epidemic...
...passengers, this means fewer nonstop flights, reduced meals and higher fares. The strategy faltered when low-fare carriers landed in the hubs and ticket prices dropped exponentially. But the ValuJet tragedy has devastated the low-cost carriers. When ValuJet recently announced plans to end service between Mobile, Alabama, and Atlanta (a Delta fortress hub), the lowest available fare on Delta shot up overnight from...