Lifestyle Stories from December 15, 2012 (Change date)
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Mayas face Dec. 21 with ancestral calmDec 15, 2012 4:39 pm - UH-MAY, Mexico — Amid a worldwide frenzy of advertisers and new-agers preparing for a Maya apocalypse, one group is approaching Dec. 21 with calm and equanimity — the pe...
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66 years later, ‘Zuzu’ still living a wonderful lifeDec 15, 2012 1:55 pm - For Karolyn Grimes, visiting Naperville in late December has become about as traditional as egg nog and mistletoe. Grimes — who most people know as Zuzu Bailey, the 6-ye...
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DVD previewsDec 15, 2012 10:02 am - @X BTO Byline attribution italic:The Washington Post Dec. 18 “Total Recall” (PG-13, 118 minutes, Sony): Try to erase from your mind the first “Total Recall,” that campy,...
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Hildene tour opens door on Lincoln family lifeDec 15, 2012 9:57 am - MANCHESTER, Vt. — Abe Lincoln was born in a log cabin but his son built himself a mansion. Robert Todd Lincoln, the president’s only child to survive to adulthood, built...
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Bair writes bio of artist Saul SteinbergDec 15, 2012 5:00 am - When New Yorker cartoonist Saul Steinberg was honored in 1974 by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the architect Philip Johnson puzzled out loud over how best to...
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Smaller inventory of homes is big factor in improved marketDec 15, 2012 4:41 am - Jim Regan has been selling homes in the Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Des Plaines area for 40 years, originally as the owner for National Sunrise Realty in Arlingto...
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Many ways to structure fees when refinancing loanDec 15, 2012 4:30 am - Q. In your column a reader said they were refinancing with no fees. Do you know what company is offering that deal? I owe about $31,000 and am at 7.125 percent with 13 y...
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How to maximize seating for holiday partiesDec 15, 2012 4:24 am - The joy of home entertaining at the holidays often comes with a challenge: How do you provide enough seating for a roomful of holiday revelers with just a sofa and a few...
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There's detective work to do for party dress codesDec 15, 2012 4:00 am - NEW YORK — The holidays are often a highly social season that provide a good reason to wear the things you might not often have the occasion to pull out of your closet: ...
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Wear those seasonal sweaters in the right spiritDec 15, 2012 4:00 am - NEW YORK — The good, the bad, the kitschy. A “seasonal sweater” is one way to start a conversation at a holiday function. It's a look that can mean all sorts of things:...
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