Columns
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Wild playoffs seen for West; Sixers step up in weak EastMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- With about five weeks until the regular season ends, the NBA playoff watch shows a couple of huge gambles reaping poor dividends, with one team ac...
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'Normal' has a different meaning for the cancer patientMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - It's easy to take simple things for granted. Thanks to a more-than-willing editor, my last column ran right on time, in its appointed place, in spite of the fact that I ...
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Make U of I officials explain themselves on veterans programMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - It certainly wouldn't be as captivating as the hair-in-the-Coke questions that we enjoyed when Clarence Thomas was up for the U.S. Supreme Court. Nor would it be as thri...
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Lisle non-profit gives funds to groups helping area residentsMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - The primary objective of the Lisle Community Service Corporation is to award financial grants to groups in town that help residents. Whatever the applying organizations'...
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Because of medication, spouse can't have vaccineMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My husband is 48 years old and suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. He is on immunosuppressive therapy. Three years ago, he came down with a mild case of shingles. Woul...
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Hawks will truly be tested next seasonMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Don't tell the young Blackhawks, but the pressure won't ever be less intense than it currently is. It's the difference between want and need. "They want it," Hawks coach...
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Interfaith Palm Sunday service ushers in seasonMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - We might have temporarily lost an hour last weekend, but that only means that we have one less hour to wait for all of the wonderful and varied things that will be comin...
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Don't let violence sabotage efforts toward peaceMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - If there is one certainty in the Middle East, it is violence. When the Arabs and Israelis have been at war, and when they have been at the peace table, violence takes pl...
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Cherish each childMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I have three kids. I love them all. But one of them is my delight. I don't admit this to anyone, not even my husband. I try so hard not to favor her in any way. ...
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Don't bother to light up at Old OrchardMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Bob Jones often eats at the food court at Westfield Old Orchard and then heads outside to the common area and enjoys a cigarette. Beginning March 15, Jones will no longe...