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Article: As Everyday Life Goes, So Go Everyday Lives
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 10, 1996
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Amazing, what makes up a life.
Thoughtless, everyday stuff, mostly. You wake up, fix the
coffee, splash down some juice. You shake out a bowl of whatever
cereal appeals to you. Like a thousand times before.
But sometimes, the news reminds us of how fast people's private,
everyday beginnings can veer into public nightmares.
The death of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown has me thinking this
way. So does the story of the Washington girl, 14, who was mauled
after a strange man sicked a pit bull on her for refusing to undress
for him. On Tuesday, the girl told her story to the city council,
which voted to muzzle all such animals in public.
In everyday life, as most of us know it, beloved ...