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Finding workers: What our peers sayAug 06, 2018 1:00 am - With unemployment numbers running about 4 percent - sometimes a tad lower - finding workers can be an issue. How big an issue seems to depend upon the industry. Therefor...
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Feder: What's holding up sale of the Reader?Aug 06, 2018 1:00 am - On June 15, Edwin Eisendrath stood before the Rainbow PUSH Convention at the Hyatt Regency Chicago and revealed the sale of the Chicago Reader to a group led by Dorothy ...
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Making a difference in the world 'one handshake at a time'Aug 06, 2018 1:00 am - Given the fact that George Drost's family fled communist Czechoslovakia for Chicago when he was very young, his interest in the world beyond America's borders is underst...
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Rozner: Baseball analytics great, but don't exist in vacuumAug 06, 2018 1:00 am - Joe Maddon began his campaign in spring training, perhaps because of launch angle as much as anything else. But his desire to get his players thinking more about basebal...
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Tips on winterizing a homeAug 05, 2018 6:00 am - Q. I leave my house in the winter and have had two methods of winterizing. I used both, which partially failed. The first was leaving my hot water system on and set at a...
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Ex-wife not interested in uniting to help suicidal sonAug 05, 2018 6:00 am - Q. My ex-wife and I divorced 21 years ago. I had a one-night stand and she told me to hit the road. I married the one-night stand and that marriage did not work. During ...
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Over 50, out of work and in despairAug 05, 2018 1:00 am - Q: After working as a librarian for 13 years, I took two years off to care for a dying family member. I came back at the height of the recession, when jobs in my field b...
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Diplomacy with Taliban is only way out of AfghanistanAug 05, 2018 1:00 am - Donald Trump campaigned as someone who wanted to get America out of the Middle East. But he also cast himself as a tough guy, and his initial instincts in office were to...
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Illinois needs real reform to cut taxes, control spendingAug 05, 2018 1:00 am - As the late Congressman Jack Kemp said, "If we have better ideas, we will win." In Illinois, the Republican Party has a good chance to win if we're bold and stand firmly...
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Owners must give access to common element repairs in their unitsAug 04, 2018 7:00 am - Q. I received a notice from the board of my condominium association that its plumbing contractor needs access to my unit in order to inspect for a source of a water leak...