Word: atlanta
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...opening essay was written by Nancy Gibbs, whose cover story on Columbine a month ago was so moving it almost made me cry. The Conyers shooting was covered by Atlanta bureau chief Sylvester Monroe, Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett and reporters Tim Roche and David Nordan. The story was written by John Cloud, who did an amazing piece last July about what the various school shooters up to that point had in common. Our story on spotting troubled kids was written by assistant managing editor Howard Chua-Eoan, who usually edits our big news stories but occasionally feels compelled...
Johnetta B. Cole, the celebrated former president of Spelman College, a historically black women's institution in Atlanta, Ga., will be this year's recipient of the Radcliffe Medal...
...Atlanta waits in the second round, also known as the place where the Knicks' playoff hopes go to die. New York has bowed out ungracefully in the conference semifinals in each of the last four seasons since usurping a trip to the finals from the Jordan-less Bulls...
Employers are also tending more to relocating families' personal as well as professional needs. For Mark Adler, 51, moving his family from Atlanta to Houston last November was made easier because a relocation company hired by his employer personally took him and his wife Elena, 46, to search for a private school for their daughter Alexandra, 12. The relocation company even helped the Adlers find a stable where Alexandra could continue her horseback riding. Adler, who is director of forecasting for Minute Maid, a division of the Coca-Cola Co., has gone through about five relocations during his 23 years...
...this begs an important question: Has the traditional liberal-arts curriculum become obsolete? College presidents naturally argue that the skills their schools provide are invaluable. A B.A. degree, says Mary Brown Bullock of Atlanta's Agnes Scott College, "gives graduates the ability to reinvent themselves time and time again...and the knowledge and thinking skills that transcend a particular discipline or time frame...