Word: districters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...represents the price our nation has paid to protect freedom in the world. Give these brave men and women the credit and recognition they deserve for shaping our world and making history, and name the American G.I. as the Person of the Century. ROBIN HAYES, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE 8th District, North Carolina Washington...
...friends--nearly 8 million, at last count. Of course, the word friend is used loosely these days, in an era when e-mail establishes instant intimacy between total strangers separated by thousands of miles. So it's no surprise that Wicker, 46, an assistant district attorney in Isle of Palms, S.C., hasn't met many of her new friends in the flesh. But they're on her mind when she cruises clothing stores and comes upon a tantalizing markdown in designer duds. She buys by the armful, goes home to her computer and within a couple of days...
...response sounded almost proud and defiant, and beneath it lay a determination long evident at Columbine. In the days following the massacre, Columbine students demanded to return as soon as possible; they wouldn't let Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold take away their school. So the district, with the help of 137 contractors who donated some of their services, completed six months of construction in six weeks, replacing bloody carpeting with tiles and rebuilding the bomb-scarred cafeteria. Meanwhile, DeAngelis so effectively convinced students and parents of the school's safety that enrollment rose to 1983 students--18 more than...
...other business, many residents came to speak in support of an ordinance to make Harvard Square an official historic district. The ordinance would force new construction in the Square to adhere to strict guidelines, and would protect existing buildings from being significantly altered...
...legal circles, few issues are thought to be much thornier than the separation of church and state. But Tuesday, a U.S. district judge in Cincinnati dove right into the thorn bush, declaring Cleveland's four-year-old voucher system illegal. Although the program will continue until a higher court makes its ruling, Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. ruled that the voucher program - which allows families to send their children to private schools using public funds - is unconstitutional. Because most of the subsidized students attend religious schools, Oliver said, the vouchers provide taxpayer money for religious instruction. Ohio's attorney general vows...