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Monday, January 31, 2005

When words go to war:

"Words go to war as surely as soldiers do. They can be used to inspire troops, strike fear into the heart of the enemy or persuade neutral parties. . . . The careful selection of words in war is almost always a calculated attempt to manipulate perceptions. Whether an act of violence is called a 'suicide bombing' or a homicide bombing' depends more on the politics of the speaker than on any sincere attempt to describe objective reality. Even when the language of war is mechanical or colorless it may be deliberate, an attempt to shield both civilians and soldiers from the horrors of modern conflict."

--Michael Keane, author and educator, 2005 (Thanks to alert WORDster Brad Knickerbocker)

News : : Local News

Man pleads guilty to prescription fraud

By Beth Huffaker and Megan Maughan Roe

December 7, 2004 | LOGAN -- Christopher Stanley Spence pleaded guilty to two counts of acquiring illegal prescriptions, a third-degree felony, Monday in 1st District Court.

County attorney Tony Baird said Spence was arrested on Feb. 12 of this year when he took two illegal prescriptions to the Lee's Market pharmacy for Ativan, a drug used to relieve anxiety and nervousness, and an over the counter cough syrup.

Baird said the prescriptions were taken from the clinic of physician Gary O. Harris who identified the patient. Harris said that Spence came into the clinic with a cousin who was not a patient. Spence then went missing in the clinic for a while and that is when Harris believes Spence took a prescription notepad, Baird said.

Harris said that he did not issue the prescriptions and the signature on them was not his, Baird said.

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