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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Indeed, at times in Conyers last week there was a sense that the violence had been wrung dry of any emotion. The father of two boys who live near the Solomon home also simply shrugged. Al Morgan won't pull his kids from Heritage, and he doesn't think metal detectors will keep determined murderers out. "It's like winning the lottery," Morgan says of the odds that your kid's school will be next. At a nearby middle school Thursday night, a couple of hundred parents brought students to pick up awards certificates, but only 40 or so remained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just A Routine School Shooting | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...plan seems too cartoonish to have become reality, and the boys were probably too young to pull it off. Anything seems possible after Columbine, but should it? The Port Huron boys were all caught within a day of a classmate's report to an assistant principal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just A Routine School Shooting | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...doing yard work over the holiday weekend, get your kids to help you plant an oak sapling or lilac bush in memory of a loved one or just to mark the day. Pull out a photo album or a box of old pictures. Then help your children sort out the names and faces of people they've never met but would probably have enjoyed. Tell them stories about their family, even if you can dredge up only dim memories or anecdotes--like the one about my mother, who once found an alligator in the kitchen eating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Legends | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

Both Benecol and Take Control make it harder for the intestines to absorb cholesterol. (About half of the cholesterol in the gut comes from your diet; the other half gets produced by your body.) There is evidence that the active ingredients can pull some vitamin A precursors out of circulation--although researchers did not consider the reduction significant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Sure Ain't Butter | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

Geico and State Farm have been among the leaders cutting prices, and others will be forced to match them. So pull out your policy and see if your insurer is following suit. If not, play hardball. As when asking for a lower credit-card or mortgage rate, if you make it clear that you're ready to shop around, you'll probably get the best results. Don't think it's worth your time? Fair enough. A 3%-to-5% reduction may not amount to much, and many companies will give it to you automatically when you renew. But chances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Driving a Bargain | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

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