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Elliott grew up without questioning segregation. But he changed in the 1960s, especially after a teaching stint at a black school run by Methodists. He now believes that it's his mission, particularly as R.M. Elliott's grandson, to bring about the same change of heart in his white neighbors. "We owe those black families a great debt for what they did to further democratize this country," he says. "If whites reject the significance of the case and the bravery of the plaintiffs, then we're really rejecting our democracy...
...after completing high school at 19, Wetzel fulfilled his civic duty with a 10-month stint in the German Army...
...after four years of promises to myself, I have never successfully made exercise part of my daily, weekly (or monthly) schedules, opting to hit the books instead of hitting the weights. When I returned home the summer after sophomore year, which I had found significantly more stressful than my stint as a freshman, my doctor told me that I had the cholesterol level of a man twice my age. I blamed a HUDS diet that was heavy on french fries, but equally culpable were the stress and sedentary lifestyle that my academics had required...
After a two-year stint in the Army, and eight years as a reporter, deputy metro editor and education editor at the Washington Post, Barnes started work at the St. Petersburg Times, where he has been the chief executive officer since...
...scene inside eerily echoed my previous stint in California when the dotcoms were still in bloom. By the time I returned to the East coast in 2002 the country had grown weary of overhyped Websites, corporate greed and generally arrogant business people. The recession decimated the Silicon Valley economy as untold billions evaporated in the California sun. Many reckoned that it was the end of California's reign as a place that could fuel innovation or generate significant growth for the U.S. economy. World events took center stage, the military geared up for war and here at home we hunkered...