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...that stands between Keri and the mean streets of Chicago. If the school does close, he says, he might drop out rather than run the gauntlet of hostile gangs to attend school in another neighborhood. His mother's insistence and his own determination, though, will probably prevent that drastic step. Another thing that keeps Keri in school is concern for his brothers, five- year-old Quentin, who has a learning disability, and three-year-old Detwone. "I don't want them to end up victims of the streets," he says. "I want them to get their education...
...topic of military spending, Brown was the only panelist who did not favor a drastic military budget...
...such a drastic change of policy and principle is at best premature...
GLOBAL-WARMING SCENARIOS ARE MOSTLY GLOOM and doom. As humans burn more fossil fuels, more carbon dioxide (CO2) enters the atmosphere. CO2 traps the sun's heat, causing a warmer climate, rising sea levels and drastic changes in weather. The one bright spot seemed to be that because plants "breathe" CO2, they might be expected to thrive...
Murphy, who came to the Coop from Nieman Marcus in Dallas last spring, said he has not done anything to change the store's accounting practices. He said last year's sales drop had particularly drastic effects on store finances because the Coop had sustained previous damage from the recessionary economy...