OUR VIEW
T’ville and Sweet Water support each other
      During the recent days, we here at The Thomasville Times have heard from Sweet Water folks how they were rooting for the Thomasville High School Tigers during their 4A championship game. And despite their disappointment in the outcome of Thomasville’s game, we know many in Thomasville were happy f...
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Alabama Scene
Lobbying is lucrative for politicos
Bob Ingram
      “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” So said an old World War I British Army song which later was quoted by General Douglas McArthur in a memorable speech to Congress in 1951. It would seem those words could be paraphrased on Capitol Hill in Montgomery: “...old legislators never die, th...
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From the Editor’s Desk
An entertaining search
Arthur McLean
      Being an Auburn fan, I have to admit that Alabama’s latest coaching search has been a source of entertainment. Although I can empathize that any coaching search at a high profile college could turn into a circus, this isn’t, as they say, Bama’s first rodeo, an entertaining thought in itself.
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OPINION
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Ramblin’ Roses and Flyin’ Bricks
Lies to smooth out life
The late Earl Tucker
      December 19, 1956 According to the newspaper, an increasing number of big firms are using a polygraph machine, which is the technical name for a lie detector. They use it in interviewing prospective employees. I say that ain’t fair and if that polygraph thing actually works I don’t see how anybody...
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