"An essay in which [Littleton shooter] Eric Harris portrayed himself as a shotgun shell prompted [his English teacher] to have a ... talk with his father, Wayne Harris. Once the teacher learned that Mr. Harris was a retired Air Force officer and that his son hoped to enlist in the military, she concluded that the essay was consistent with his future career aspirations..." --James Brooke in today's New York Times, p. A14.
--C. G. Estabrook