Columns
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Share all the details with your technicianOct 21, 2018 6:01 am - By Doug McAllister Sometimes we find that people will hold back some information when they bring their car in to get something fixed. There can be many reasons for this....
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Tri-Cities projects that proved worthwhileOct 21, 2018 6:00 am - Readers share more opposed Tri-Cities projects that proved worthwhile in the long run
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Four suburban museum showpieces, to goOct 21, 2018 6:00 am - The upcoming Mecum Auction in Schaumburg is serving up a tasty treat: four classic cruisers that were once part of the McDonald's franchise No. 1 museum in Des Plaines. ...
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This column is CBD infusedOct 21, 2018 1:00 am - By Kathleen Parker As a new-product junkie, it was foregone that I'd swap a C-note for something called CBD, a cannabis extract promising relief from pain and anxiety, t...
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Startup Humu wants to help people act more human at workOct 21, 2018 1:00 am - Google's former head of its "people operations" has a new startup, and one of its goals is a lofty one: To make software that helps managers and co-workers act more huma...
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Emotional, spiritual wounds take time to healOct 21, 2018 1:00 am - Healing takes time. And often healing emotional and spiritual wounds takes more time than healing those which involve other parts of who we are. I pulled one of my all-t...
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'Modernization' comes to Saudi ArabiaOct 21, 2018 1:00 am - On my first visit to the then-closed and mysterious desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1974, I soon came up against the confused psyche of many modern Saudis, and I recog...
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Imagination can help you cope with griefOct 20, 2018 7:00 am - Imagination is a curious thing. It's not quite the same as memory. There is more fantasy in imagination and a little self-trickery. In the first year after my husband B...
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Association asked to pay for patio damageOct 20, 2018 7:00 am - Q. The patio of my unit (a limited common element) has been damaged by erosion from water that cascades over the gutters of our building. The gutters clog frequently wit...
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Grammar Moses: What's worse ... too many nouns or cannibalistic deer?Oct 20, 2018 1:00 am - While cleaning out my moldering list of unread emails, I uncovered some beauties that I wish I'd addressed sooner. "Why are my children exclaiming 'Out of sight!' when ...