Word: stoves
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...remote meadow in northern Michigan, inside a large tent heated by a wood stove, 50 white men dressed in combat gear and wielding rifles talk about the insanity of the outside world. The men, civilians all, see threats everywhere. There are reports of foreign soldiers hiding in salt mines under Detroit, some of the men say. Others speak of secret markings on highway signs meant to guide conquering armies. The men's voices subside as "General" Norman Olson, a Baptist minister, gun-shop owner and militia leader, enters the tent. He tells the men they are the shock troops...
...system buckled, especially in the big cities. In some places the small group homes that absorbed the most troubled kids were themselves rife with drugs, violence and sexual abuse. Recalls 19-year-old Kenyetta Ivy, a survivor of nine New York group homes: "There were rats in the stove. I know some girls who tried to commit suicide, and the staff wouldn't even check on them." A traumatized child-care community launched the debate that continues today. Some championed earlier and more extended placement of damaged children in residential treatment, maintaining that institutional permanency was far preferable...
...game all winter. I peruse my book-shelf full of Red Sox books, go over old scorebooks, and crunch stats on my computer. I exmpound on my pet theories about The Course of the Bambino. I do Rotisserie and Fantasy Leagues. I speculate on talk shows. My stove is very hot, indeed...
Brought up in the post-Watergate world of hard-hitting but shoddy investigative journalism, the youth of America are conditioned to say as little as possible to the media. If they do say anything, the media often twists it anyway. A cat that sits on a hot stove will never do so again, but it won't sit on a cold one either...
...Thanksgiving day: the turkey was about to go in the oven. The pies were available for inspection. There were even cheese and garlic grits on the stove, thanks to a chef from Arkansas. But where were mom and dad, Aunt Gracie and Grandpa George...