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New remote parking adds to work day but not payApr 09, 2017 7:16 am - Q: I have a family member who works at a large suburban office building. For more than 30 years, the employer has provided free parking at this location. Because of a re...
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Preparation key when confronting racist clienteleApr 09, 2017 6:00 am - Q. I am a middle-age white female who works in a retail setting with colleagues whose skin tones are every color imaginable. I respect them and they respect me. Our comp...
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Who is liable for collapsed sewer pipe?Apr 09, 2017 6:00 am - Q. Weeks after buying our house, we had a sewer backup. Our plumber said the main line from the house to the street is an old-fashioned pipe material called "orangeberg....
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Experience America at the time of the Great WarApr 09, 2017 1:00 am - "War is the health of the state. It automatically sets in motion throughout society those irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate cooperation with the governm...
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Add 'grief counselor' to your many rolesApr 09, 2017 1:00 am - Hardworking visionary and creative force. Inspiring leader. Innovator. Respected industry newcomer. Successful entrepreneur - all identifying terms we thought would fit ...
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Was Trump's Syria strike a moral impulse or a policy change?Apr 09, 2017 1:00 am - It is either a turning point or a welcome aberration that Donald Trump found the cruelly extinguished lives of Syrian children to be compelling (or at least contributory...
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Trump's tough talk is cheap. Policy is harder.Apr 09, 2017 1:00 am - As international crises and foreign policy challenges mount, the world looks to the United States for a broad, consistent strategy that can be relied upon over time. But...
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Kukec's People: Elgin chiropractic doctor also record-setting weightlifterApr 09, 2017 1:00 am - When Thomas Mitchell of Hampshire was younger, he took up weightlifting to get stronger so he could play football. He enjoyed the weightlifting so much, he entered compe...
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Facts: Fergie in Schaumburg, Elgin's key role on TV seriesApr 08, 2017 2:00 pm - Hey, you learn something new every day. That hit me as I was reading Burt Constable's column on the 100th anniversary of World War I, the forgotten war. I, too, had forg...
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Jackson: Now's the time for a fishing roadtripApr 08, 2017 10:05 am - The elements of hate and terror are working their sandals off, trying to destroy our wonderful way of life, especially at our nation's airports. I have come to the reali...