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Mayor's humor not welcomed in long-running road battleApr 23, 2017 2:00 am - John Schmitt fell into the proverbial hornet's nest with what he thought was a bit of self-deprecating humor. After a federal judge ordered a stop-work order on the cont...
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From poor to franchisee, former Motorola engineer owns Subways, One Price, other investmentsApr 23, 2017 1:00 am - J.D. Patel of Bloomingdale came from a poor family in India and worked at least 100 hours a week here to save enough money to become an entrepreneur. He now owns or co-...
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Trump's critics are playing into his handApr 23, 2017 1:00 am - For those of us convinced that Donald Trump's defects of character, lack of knowledge, encouragement of social division and disregard for democratic norms outweigh any g...
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On North Korea: Bluster in search of strategyApr 23, 2017 1:00 am - Every American administration takes a while to settle into a basic approach to the world. President Trump's team has had a rockier start than most, with many important p...
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Use of commissionsApr 22, 2017 6:00 am - Several years ago, I did a series of articles on the use of committees and commission in associations. Given case law scrutinizing the actions of boards, I am going to r...
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Think carefully about holding out for 'right' buyerApr 22, 2017 6:00 am - Q. I was a newspaper copy editor for nearly 20 years, and I faithfully edited your column for my paper. But even after all those years of reading your column each week, ...
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Grammar Moses: Are you and your spouse close enough to take a singular verb?Apr 22, 2017 1:00 am - An anonymous reader from downstate Marion had a seemingly simple pair of questions: "Would you say, 'The couple has - or have - three children?' And 'The couple has - or...
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Constable: Quakers still have friends in suburbsApr 22, 2017 1:00 am - Until this week, here is what I knew about Quakers: 1. That guy on the oatmeal container is a Quaker. 2. Quakers often get confused with Shakers, the furniture folks. Wi...
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Rozner: Blackhawks' failure to launch will result in changeApr 22, 2017 1:00 am - The Blackhawks held a morning wake at the UC Saturday. It wasn't the event they had planned for the day of Game 5, but a postseason postmortem was all that was left afte...
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Imrem: The legend of Rondo continues to growApr 21, 2017 5:01 pm - The legend of Rajon Rondo grew and grew and grew Friday. And then grew some more during the Bulls 104-87 loss to the Celtics in Game 3 of their NBA playoff series. Odd a...