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  • Illegals dropped from papers lexicon

    Illegals dropped from papers lexicon

    August 29, 2003

    TUCSON, Ariz. – The Tucson Citizen newspaper is changing the terminology it uses to refer to undocumented migrants, according to editor Michael Chihak. The Citizen will stop using the words “illegal” and “illegals” as nouns. “Instead,...

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  • Puget Sound challenges White House

    Puget Sound challenges White House

    August 29, 2003

    SEATTLE, Wash. – President George W. Bush met some heated opposition when he visited the Puget Sound region last week, posturing about his weak environmental policies and raising $1.7 million for his reelection campaign at a...

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  • New York public schools under attack

    New York public schools under attack

    August 29, 2003

    On Aug. 12, 2003, an editorial appeared in the titled “Reforming Special Ed.” The paper said New York Schools Chancellor Joel Klein “has done a tremendous job” in implementing school reform and that “the turnaround in...

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  • Families demand, Bring em home!

    Families demand, Bring em home!

    August 29, 2003

    CRAWFORD, Texas – Something is new in the fight against President Bush’s military aggressions in the Middle East. It is the growing resistance of the military men and women as expressed by their families here at...

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  • The Thrill and the Agony, This week in sports: The founding sisters

    The Thrill and the Agony, This week in sports: The founding sisters

    August 29, 2003

    Soccer is probably the sport most played by our country’s youth: it teaches strategy, teamwork, and endurance (as well as encouraging the eating of juicy orange slices). And yet our national attention span remains far too...

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