Under the gun

Article Abstract:

The active recruitment and utilization of child soldiers and the young children pressed into violent service with weapons in hand, death in their hollow eyes, which is an alarming epidemic, is described. 7000 youths were the members of one of the irregular armies mired in Columbia's 40-year-old civil war.

International Affairs, Civil Conflict, Colombia, Social aspects, Civil war, Child soldiers

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Seven

Article Abstract:

An overview is presented of the 7th District of West Baltimore, Maryland, where a legacy of political achievement is unmatched by any other area of urban America and where drug violence and decay are part of too many city problems to name.

Maryland, Political activity, Mfume, Kweisi, Baltimore, Maryland, Cummings, Elijah, Mitchell, Parren J., Congressional Black Caucus

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Drivin' 'em wild

Article Abstract:

NASCAR's Bill Lester is the first black athlete to appear on the Honey Nut Cheerios box. The honor acknowledges his quest since 1985 of regularly equipping his regular car with a crash-bar and racing tires in pursuit of his racing passion.

United States, Automobile racing drivers, Race car drivers, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Lester, Bill

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