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TAMPA, Fla.: Fresh charges that the recently reinstated president of the National Baptist Convention misappropriated thousands of dollars in donations to black churches will probably not cause his ouster, says TIME Atlanta Bureau Chief Sylvester Monroe. But now there's the possibility that the law will be his downfall. For now, Henry Lyons isn't talking about a Tampa Tribune report alleging he failed to distribute some of the $225,000 received from the Anti-Defamation and National Urban leagues to rebuild black churches destroyed in arson attacks. But six of the seven churches say they were short-changed...
...free" specials. Bars distribute handbills to students as they walk between classes and put flyers under doors in freshman dorms. On many campuses, bars send shuttle buses to round up students. "There really are establishments that prey on youth," says Frances Lucas-Tauchar, vice president for campus life at Atlanta's Emory University. "We ask them to stop, and sometimes we're effective; sometimes...
...even more severe restrictions if a couple intends to procreate. Divorce and child-support insurance should be required. Some may think government ought to stay out of our private lives. But the social cost of divorce is comparable to, or perhaps much greater than, reckless driving. MANUEL PADRON Atlanta...
Whether the disease does break out--and how widely it spreads--may depend less on how local governments respond than on the reaction of local citizenry. "The key is to protect yourself," says Tom Skinner of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. "That requires wearing long clothing, using insect repellent and staying indoors in the hours right before and after sunset." Avoiding encephalitis-carrying mosquitoes may be no harder than avoiding their benign kin; the stakes, however, are decidedly higher...
...cradle of the modern Olympics, Athens felt cheated out of its right to host the centennial Games in ?96. Since then the city has made extensive investment in its transport system and infrastructure, whose deficiencies allowed Atlanta to ?steal? the centennial Olympiad. ?Athenians are particularly proud this time, because they feel they?ve been awarded the Games not on the basis of birthright, but on the basis of merit.? The city beat out ancient rival Rome on the final ballot, after Buenos Aires, Stockholm and Cape Town were eliminated in earlier rounds of voting...