Word: pensacola
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...Reported by Ann Blackman/Washington, Wendy Cole/Mount Vernon, Michele Donley/Chicago, Timothy Roche/ Pensacola, Megan Rutherford/New York and Jacqueline Savaiano/Los Angeles
...years ago today, Dr. David Gunn of Pensacola, Florida, was murdered by one of numerous anti-abortion extremists. Doctors go to work wearing bullet-proof vests to work in clinics which are bombed, blockaded and invaded. The violence against doctors extends beyond the workplace. Dr. Barnett Slepian was murdered in his home, the victim of a sniper. The families of these doctors live in fear, afraid of being attacked in their own homes. The attacks have increased over time-seven murders of abortion providers have all happened in the last six years...
...other Toys "R" Us stores, while many customers praise the selection of games and toys, several complain about service and, surprisingly, prices. Third-grader Kirby Turnage IV, shopping in Pensacola, Fla., says that "my brother and sisters like Toys 'R' Us better, but I keep telling them Target is better. The prices are better." His father, Kirby Turnage III, observes that the Toys "R" Us lines are too long and that there is a "lack of customer service." And Denver Toys "R" Us shopper Tonya Howard says, "The people here have an attitude...
...lyrics on El Oso move through all the typical themes: lost love, the open road, drug addiction and self-glorification. What makes the lyrics of the album exceptional is the constant tension Doughty and Co. create between the words and the music. "Pensacola," perhaps the most beautiful song on the album, is an excellent example of Soul Coughing's elegant alliance between sound and language. The song opens with an underwater, ambient effect of waves of bass and high synth strings. Doughty enters with a uncharacteristically melancholy and amazingly seductive voice to sing about suffocating love. As the line "like...
Dixie Cleaners, which operates three dry-cleaning shops in Pensacola, Fla., was losing $100,000 a year because clerks were failing to add "up charges" (surcharges for hard-to-clean clothes such as linen or silk garments) on sales tickets. Now a computer enters the extras automatically. Dixie also mails monthly computer-prepared bills to customers who open charge accounts. That pleases customers, who save a few minutes on every trip to the store. But how does one measure their increased satisfaction...