Tag: random musings
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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February 28, 2006 01:35 PM EST --
(NOTE: A humanitarian travesty is on-going in Darfur, Sudan. Here's a piece regarding my time in Sudan.)
A FEW YEARS AGO I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF AN . . .
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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 26, 2006 09:28 AM EDT --
Bounty hunting is alive and well in Alexandria, Va. And there's plenty of business to go around. I bring this up because of all the hoopla from Dog the Bounty Hunter's derring-do which has . . .
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April 06, 2006 04:58 PM EDT --
It's a dangerous precedent when someone in a position of authority physically attacks a policeman.
A few weeks ago an elegantly dressed young woman, a mortgage banker for a major firm, was . . .
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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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February 15, 2006 06:18 PM EST --
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Vice President Dick Cheney apparently had blinders on last Saturday in Texas at his quail shoot. He wasn't shooting with clear vision and he hasn't used clear vision since . . .
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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 16, 2006 06:44 AM EST --
Where are the stories from Iraq and Afghanistan about the heroes? I mean simply, how come reporters and correspondents covering the war aren't talking about those GI's who are true heroes, . . .
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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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February 17, 2006 11:41 AM EST --
Once I had a boat on which I loved to ride up and down the beautiful Chesapeake Bay not far from the city of Baltimore in Maryland. On one particular Saturday morning a few years ago Christopher . . .
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