Word: saving
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from the mothers of two gun victims. "They want the world to know their children are more than statistics," Kramer explained. The sister of one victim told Chicago's Beth Austin that although her husband was a member of the National Rifle Association, she thought TIME's project "could save some lives." Atlanta stringer Joyce Leviton found that some relatives "wanted to talk for long periods, as if explaining to a stranger would help whatever had gone wrong." Pursuing a picture of a gang victim in Harlem, stringer John McDonald was "repeatedly warned that I was within earshot...
...plot on a drug ring? Simple. Drugs are fashionable, and they make an easy target. And it proabably is no coincidence that Licence to Kill carries a disclaimer in its credits, warning of the dangers of smoking. The new James Bond target is every kind of personal vice. God save us from spies with social consciences, particularly ones who open fire on their enemies in crowded bars filled with reasonably innocent people who just want to get away from their troubles...
...jobs, while the environmentalists are fighting to protect ancient forests and creatures for which the old growth is an indispensable habitat. The meeting at times seemed overwhelmed by the whoop-de-do of 3,000 loggers sporting baseball caps with yellow ribbons and T shirts with provocative slogans (SAVE A LOGGER -- EAT AN OWL). But when it was over, the two sides appeared ready to attempt a two-year compromise that would both preserve the spotted owl's home and permit continued logging in reduced but still vast areas of federal lands...
...first casualty is memory. Every advance in writing, from stone to clay to paper to electronic blips, is at the same time an advance in erasing. In the electronic age erasing has become literally effortless: it takes an act of commission -- you must command your computer to SAVE -- to retain information. Simple omission, or an electrical storm, turns computer thoughts to ether...
...time I write about dogs. People just love dogs. A lot of people liked my piece Can New York Save Itself...