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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...never questioned the boys' violent writings, the detached parents' ignorance of pipe bombs being built in their basement and the laws that allowed Harris' girlfriend to legally purchase three of the guns used in the killings. But the most disturbing fact to confront is that no one person or thing made Harris and Klebold shatter the serenity of a small Colorado town. That was their own decision...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, | Title: Another Victim of Littleton | 5/5/1999 | See Source »

...parents' handbook and material for first-years were in the final editing stages when the change was announced," Nathans said. "Lots of text in there had to be changed the moment the Radcliffe thing came through...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FDO Changes Publications For Coming Year to Reflect Radcliffe Merger | 5/4/1999 | See Source »

...Sure thing Scott...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: Why I Hate TV News | 5/4/1999 | See Source »

...believe anyone is crazy enough to advocate the use of NATO ground troops to push the Serb military out of Kosovo. This sort of thinking demonstrates that we haven't learned a thing from Vietnam, Somalia and a hundred other similar situations. Superior firepower has created an illusion in the American mind that warfare can be swift, efficient and relatively bloodless. Fighting the Serbs on the terrain of Kosovo will be bloody, ugly and long lasting. If the politicians are so gung-ho to sacrifice our sons and daughters, let them be the first ones on the battlefield. GREG SAMSON...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 3, 1999 | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

What's up in the mail room? The mail, for one thing: our letter writers are setting a torrid pace so far this year. The first-quarter total was an eye-glazing 18,806 letters, e-mails and faxes (and yes, we read every blessed one of them, and some of them twice). For you real numbers junkies, that's 8% more than what we bagged this time last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patrick Smith's Mailbag | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

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