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...risk of committing violence. One trait was "tends to dislike popular students or those who bully others." What kind of message does that send? The lessons of Columbine still haven't been learned if greater tolerance for individuality isn't encouraged. We need to get at the root causes of anger and face the basic problems instead of treating the symptoms. RON SIRULL Pompano Beach...
Starr said he wouldn't apologize for his investigation or its methods, calling it his "duty" to root out corruption...
...reproductive devices, the ancient Chinese eliminated the female foot, at least as a means of locomotion. More recently, in 1981, a male biologist implied in the esteemed journal Science that human females evolved to stand upright long after males did because what did females have to do anyway, except root around in the cave with the babies...
...luxury airline has helped shake up an industry whose standard service--or lack thereof--is regarded by most flyers as scarcely more pleasant than root-canal work. To counter that image, American Airlines plans to yank enough seats from all of its domestic fleet by the end of the year to allow coach passengers up to an extra 4 in. of legroom. United offers a similar program in its first 10 rows but only for those holding full-price economy tickets or for premier frequent flyers...
DIED. ALICE SHEETS MARRIOTT, 92, co-founder of the Marriott Corp.; in Washington. Marriott and her husband transformed a nine-stool root beer stand into an international hotel empire...