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The power of flowersDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Receiving a fresh flower or fruit bouquet can lift your spirits and, in turn, improve your mental health. Bouquets can help someone else's mental health, too, if they're...
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Buying fresh trees from Algonquin Lions benefits othersDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Drive up and down Randall Road and there are numerous stores where you can get that fresh pine-scented Christmas tree. But many people pass those by, and head north to A...
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Your girlfriend is not being 'fake,' just herselfDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. My girlfriend loves your column. I love my girlfriend. Sometimes, when we are out in a group or with my girlfriend's close-knit family, I feel like my girlfriend ...
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Grossman staying hopeful for his futureDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Anyone who saw the grotesque way Rex Grossman's knee caved in after Washington tackle Cornelius Griffin rolled into him Thursday night had to be worried it might result ...
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No link seen between milk, mucus buildupDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. I became concerned after reading that milk can cause the production of mucus, and I eliminated all milk products from the diet of my son, Zachary. I don't want to...
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Want free wine? Name the art by village hallDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - I saw beheaded Q-tips. My hubby saw PVC pipes run amok. One of you saw a spaghetti garden. Another saw pickup sticks. If, as they say, art is in the eye of the beholder...
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You really can make a difference this holiday seasonDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Most people donate food to charity through food drives in schools, places of worship and social organizations. I recall going door to door in our neighborhood collecting...
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Obama, Winfrey hear cheers that symbolize a magnificent changeDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- It is 1,134 miles and 53 years since Jerome Schlicter, a teacher, walked into my eighth-grade classroom and held up The New York Times. The headline ...
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Holiday cookie ritual extends to new generationDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Holidays, food and families have woven themselves together, like braids on a loaf of challah or strands of colored beads on a Christmas tree, since time now forgotten. T...
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Cookie comradesDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - When Debbie Brandenburg met Joan Fedota 26 years ago, she was delivering a basket of homemade Christmas cookies to the Fedotas' house to welcome them to the neighborhood...