Word: repeat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...appalling deaths of four innocent children and their courageous teacher in Jonesboro, Ark. [THE JONESBORO SHOOTINGS, April 6], remind us of the terrible price we all pay for the lax gun laws in our nation. We must look closely at children's access to firearms. Gun advocates repeat the mantra that if youngsters are properly trained in firearm use, they won't shoot people. The boys accused of the Jonesboro shootings were well trained, and they killed five people and wounded 10 others. You can teach kids how to use guns, but you can't train them...
...Santayana said, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, your issue is the perfect antidote. We are reminded of those who have led us to accomplishments and of the tyrants who brought on disaster. If we look at our past in this light, we will find your report a compass pointing us to a brighter future. JACK D. FOSTER Barnard...
Alarmed by the magnitude of the problem, the United Nations convened an emergency meeting in Geneva last week to draw up plans for international intervention. "We must do everything in our power to prevent a repeat of last year's disaster," said Klaus Topfer, executive director of the U.N. Environment Program. "Urgent practical action is needed--now." Topfer hopes the U.S.and other nations can soon be persuaded to ante up a total of $10 million, enough to pay for equipping and training 1,000 fire fighters...
Detroit, hoping to become the first NHL team in six years to repeat as Cup champion, scored three times in the first 13 minutes and blew it open with three more goals in the second period...
...Reasons to pay attention: "No Repeat Midday" ($1000 cash guaranteed if they play the same song twice between 10 and 2), Cool concert tix, Sneak peeks, Vacations, Tonso-cash...