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Home inspector's eyesight questionedApr 23, 2017 6:00 am - Q. The home inspector we hired when we bought our home doesn't seem to know his business, or maybe he needs a pair of glasses. His report listed two electrical circuits ...
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Breaking up is not in itself betrayalApr 23, 2017 6:00 am - Q. I have a friend whose girlfriend broke up with him. Months later he keeps going on and on about how she betrayed him and hurt him so bad. I've tried nicely saying to ...
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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...