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Contributing to Doyle’s anticipation, the championships were held in his hometown of St. Petersburg, Fla. at the University of Central Florida, where his sister coaches the sailing team...
...lost on many Americans. What we're seeing with the Taliban and in Iran is what happens when a country is ruled by religious law and fundamentalists who have political and military power. We need to be wary of fundamentalist extremists, no matter what their denomination. DEBORAH KEMMERER Gainesville, Fla...
DIED. MARVIN HARRIS, 74, provocative mainstream anthropologist who promoted "cultural materialism," the idea that human social life forms in response to practical problems; in Gainesville, Fla. Among his theories: Aztec cannibals were protein-deprived; warfare was a way of curbing populations when protein became scarce; and a necktie signaled that a man was above physical labor...
Horace Mann's run-a-thon to raise money for the victims is among the thousands of ways that schools across the nation are coping with the stress of the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath. In Tallahassee, Fla., first-graders at Hartsfield Elementary School drew pictures for the President--and gave advice. "Dear George Bush," wrote Ian Pitts. "It's O.K. if you breate [sic] through grey smoke. But if black smokes gets in your lungs you will die." At the Colin Powell Academy for Success in Long Beach, Calif., students wrote to the Secretary of State. "I think...
...anthrax bacteria sent to Florida, New York and Washington were "indistinguishable," which suggested a concerted attack by a disciplined network. So did the origin of the envelopes: Trenton, New Jersey, in the same state where several hijackers lived before boarding their plane in Newark; and Palm Beach County, Fla., where Mohamed Atta learned to fly, investigated crop dusters and appeared one day at a pharmacy in search of something to soothe the bright red rash on his hands...