Tag: personal stories
member name: Harry Covert
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July 30, 2008 08:45 AM EDT --
By HARRY COVERT
They call him the "Sultan of Swish" in Tennessee.
Growing up they called him "Skeeter."
Today, he's the "Legend" of Alexandria, Va. . . .
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February 20, 2006 12:55 PM EST --
A BOY GROWING UP IN THE late forties and the early fifties was crazy about cowboy movies. In my case, I was nuts about Hopalong Cassidy. To this very day in which some folks might call . . .
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July 31, 2008 11:42 AM EDT --
By HARRY COVERT
When Nolan Dawkins was growing up, he and his childhood playmate couldn't get a drink of water outside of their homes in Alexandria, Va.
In those days, the city was part of . . .
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August 02, 2008 09:43 AM EDT --
Timoth y Kaine, elected Virginia's governor three years ago, is being seriously considered by Democratic Senator Barack Obama as vice president. Governor Kaine would be a good choice. An Obama-Kaine . . .
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August 04, 2008 12:44 PM EDT --
Went to see Lyle Lovett, the marvelous musician, a few weeks ago at Wolf Trap Park for the Performing Arts. My wife Pat and I had perfect seats, Section H, numbers 40 and 41, Orchestra Section. Had . . .
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April 12, 2006 04:24 PM EDT --
I remember a time in a small African village in what is now called The Congo. I had been working in Kinshasa, the capital city of Zaire in 1990 to set up a food, medical supplies and clothing distribution. . . .
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August 05, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
I learned how to type at about 10 years old and I did it on an old Underwood typewriter. What a machine. My father had bought it for $25, secondhand. He kept it on a rickety table in his little attic . . .
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September 10, 2006 12:34 PM EDT --
My first reaction to Virginia senator George Allen's "macaca" quote was, and still is, so what? I believe folks are a bit too jumpy, they don't laugh enough and they certainly lack . . .
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April 16, 2006 07:45 AM EDT --
Whenever my friend David called from upstate New York, he was ready for a fishing trip. He was the sort of man who constantly looked for excuses to wet a line. To him, it was an art form. . . .
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July 10, 2007 08:45 PM EDT --
It saddens me to hear about the recent murders and suicide of the professional wrestler Chris Benoit and his family. How tragic. For whatever reason, some are trying to make the case . . .
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August 19, 2008 08:19 PM EDT --
The Internet, satellites and television bring us instant news and events from around the world. We're in a different age. It is exciting. It is a small world.
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August 01, 2008 11:31 AM EDT --
I'm s ure sorry Senator Jesse Helms died. That was inevitable, but I'm glad it was on July 4. To me his Heavenly ascent elevates him to the near godly stature of the great Thomas Jefferson, who . . .
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April 02, 2006 08:17 AM EDT --
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- I don't think many people charged with capital crimes have dared a judge or jury to execute them.
Zacarias Moussaoui is an exception. He wants to be a martyr. He's . . .
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April 29, 2006 05:03 PM EDT --
During an overseas visit to Senegal, I was asked to speak to some students. My host said they wanted to know about America and what motivated us to visit them. Entering the rickety building, . . .
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February 19, 2006 07:40 AM EST --
I learned at about 10 years old how to type and I did it on an old Underwood typewriter. What a machine. My father had bought it for $25, secondhand. He kept it on a rickety table in . . .
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April 08, 2006 10:45 AM EDT --
A FEW YEARS AGO, TALKING with a southern newspaper friend of mine, I asked how he kept a happy attitude, just what kept him smiling. I was aware of the considerable family problems he had encountered . . .
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