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The end of an era
      First Uga dies. Now Larry Munson says he's retiring. How much more heartbreak can Georgia fans endure? The news is jarring, but no one should be surprised. Munson's health forced him to forego road games last year, and he's turning 86 on Sunday. Although he called Georgia's two home games this year, he clearly wasn't the Munson we all know and love.
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Mumbles
Soon it'll be cars and girls
      Watching the excitement on all those kid's faces Saturday evening, especially the one who had just blown out the candles on his birthday cake, my mind started wandering. Surely it hasn't been 13 years since Norm came bursting through the swinging doors at Bubba II's Seafood Restaurant in Thibodaux, La., grinning and shouting... "Billy Fleming, you have a phone call!
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All That's Fit to Print
Paying the price for greed
      Funny, but Congress is not taking any responsibility for the current economic crisis facing our country. In fact, as far as the Democrats are concerned, this whole mess is Republican bred and born. They forget history. In the 1970s, the Community Reinvestment Act was passed under then President Jimmy Carter.
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They're not as smart as a fifth grader
      Today's hot political topics are soaring fuel prices, sinking housing values, free health care and the Wall Street collapse. But before the 2008 presidential campaign is over, the candidates will get around to public school education.
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Shipp's Georgia
The tired, old cliché is dead
      Something is missing from this year's election campaign cycle. No principal candidate from either major party has dared use that trusted cliché of past stump speeches: "Elect me, and I'll run your government like a business.
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'UnAmerican' answer to solving financial woes
      More than once I've noted how ironic it is to find folks like the two wealthiest individuals in America, Warren Buffett (worth an estimated $62 billion) and Bill Gates (worth an estimated $58 billion) supporting Barack Obama and his tax plan that would tax "the richest of Americans.
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From our Files
No seed cotton sold in Blakely
      10 YEARS AGO Oct. 1, 1998 BUSINESS man Lou Varon gave back to the community by recognizing Early County's outstanding teachers. ONE OF 166 employees at Arlington Apparel, Ruby Hanks is part of the new employee-operated cooperative.
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