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September 2005
Sudoku
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sudoku is a numbers puzzle that has caught on recently. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will start offering the puzzle in print on Saturday. It’s been available online for some time.
Our questions: Do you play? Have you become addicted? What’s your strategy? Do you have tips for beginners?
Who’s got the biggest (or wisest) mouth?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
WSB-AM is holding another “Meeting of the Mouths” Saturday at the Cobb County Civic Center. No prepared speeches allowed, just a lively gabfest on current topics, the radio station promises.
The lineup:
— Neal Boortz
— James Carville
— Sean Hannity
— Clark Howard
— Neil Cavuto
— Hollis Gillespie
— Ron Carlson
Who will have the most to say? Do you have a favorite in the lineup? How do they match up against each other?
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14 for Braves: Your favorite moments
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What’s been your favorite moment of this season or the past 13 seasons? Andruw Jones topping 50 homers? The rookies’ coming out party? Tell us why you love these Braves!
How are you handling the ‘snow day’?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What are you and your kids doing on this unscheduled snow day? Are the kids at the mall? Are they home catching up on sleep? Tell us what you arranged.
How is Rita affecting you?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Do you have relatives or other ties to the area being pummeled today by Hurricane Rita? Tell us what you know about friends, family and property.
Closing schools and saving gas
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s what readers said about Gov. Perdue’s plan to shut schools Monday and Tuesday to save gas. Was this a wise move, given day care issues for children?
Reaction to Delta cutbacks
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Delta on Thursday detailed major cutbacks, including cutting up to 9,000 jobs, slashing paychecks and shrinking its domestic capacity. Here’s what readers had to say.
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How would you reorganize Delta Air Lines?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Except for likely pay and benefit cuts, Delta executives are offering few details of their plans to shrink operations while going through bankruptcy reorganization. How would you reorganize Delta Air Lines? At the personnel level? Change its route system? Other ideas?
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What’s your reaction to the Delta news?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Everyone knew this day was coming. Now that it has, what’s your reaction to Delta filing for bankruptcy?
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What’s your prayer?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
President Bush has declared Friday a national day of prayer for victims of Hurricane Katrina. We invite people of all faiths to send us your brief prayer. We will print selected prayers in Friday’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution. No more than 25 words, please. We will edit them for length.
Submit your prayer now …
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Do you want an iPod cellphone?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So how quickly are you rushing out to buy an iPod cellphone? Is it the must-have gadget of the year? Will it be on your Christmas list?
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Same-sex marriages
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gay rights supporters cheered loudly from the gallery as California lawmakers became the first in the country to approve a bill allowing same-sex marriages. The legislation could be vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who says it’s an issue that should be decided by voters or the courts. What do you think of the issue?
Should New Orleans be rebuilt?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s what ajc.com readers had to say on rebuilding or relocating the Big Easy.
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Name that — university?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Gwinnett University Center, now used as a satellite campus for other colleges, soon will be a school unto itself. But it has no name. What do you think Georgia’s newest four-year state university should be called? Gwinnett State University? Button Gwinnett U.? Anything but Button Gwinnett U.? Here’s what ajc.com readers came up with.
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Gas prices and car-buying
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Labor Day weekend is traditionally a big car-shopping period. In light of rising gas prices, are you changing what you’re looking for? Still looking to buy the SUV, or are you scaling down a bit? What matters most — price or gas mileage?
Or, are you postponing car-shopping altogether?
Gas prices and holiday travel
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Has this situation forced you to change your driving plans this Labor Day weekend? Are you going to drive less? Not take your boat out? Did you make changes prior to this?
Or are you proceeding as normal?
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Tales from the pump
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Did you fill up yesterday? What prompted you to do so? Did you fill up even though you probably didn’t need to? How did people act at the gas stations?
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