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      For all its endless benefits, representative government has always suffered from what police officers, firefighters and emergency services personnel would refer to as "slow response time.
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Guest opinion
Dismembered toy soldiers sent wrong message
By Doug Jorrey
      "Teach your children well . . ." The words of a song from the dark ages of my youth came to mind as I scanned a news clip from Rancho Palos Verdes. It seems that it's local custom at one public school, for students being promoted from the fifth grade, to decorate their graduation caps with symbols that represent who they are or who they want to be.
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For the Record
      Senior Sarah Michelle Len was left off the list provided to the Simi Valley Acorn by Royal High School. Sarah is a graduating member of the Highlander class of 2007.
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