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Article: OPINION: Colorado Springs, Colo., Has Hard Time Staying Out of Spotlight.

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March 27, 2003
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By Rachel Sauer, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 27--It all started, perhaps, with purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain.

Katharine Lee Bates' stirring anthem, "America the Beautiful," immortalized the Pikes Peak area and brought it attention from around the country. So maybe it's her fault.

Or else there's something funky in the water.

Either way, Colorado Springs can't seem to stay out of the national spotlight. This can be a good and a bad thing. Good, because there's no such thing as bad publicity, said Will Temby, president of the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of ...

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