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Who's smarter -- us or our furniture?Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - The Campton Smart Console Table from Pottery Barn shows what furniture can do these days. It's red, it looks like an Asian antique. And it could just be smarter than we ...
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Another title for Wheaton Academy SixDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - It stands to reason that a NCAA championship ring would be bigger than a high school state title ring. But Taryne Lee wears them both with the same amount of pride. So d...
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Involving designer early saves later headachesDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - At what point in a project, readers often ask, should an interior designer be called in to help. I can only respond, "Before it starts to hurt." Professional designers d...
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Pousson turns it around, starts cleaning upDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Back when he was devilish Dillon, he had a brush with … soap. But then, what would you expect from a kid who says his mom named him after a soap-opera bad boy? "I used t...
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Natural treatments replace antibiotics at new Brannick ClinicDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Michelle Brannick relies on less traditional means to heal her patients. Instead of writing a prescription, Brannick uses natural cures and lifestyle changes to help he...
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'Atonement': Untruth and consequencesDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - "Atonement" begins in 1935 England with 13-year-old Briony (Irish actress Saoirse Ronan) busily typing "The End" to her new play. As she rips the paper from the carriage...
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Close not good enough anymoreDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Opinions vary as to the origin of the phrase, "close but no cigar." The prevailing belief is that the phrase was popularized by traveling carnivals, where a cigar was of...
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Let's move on; Dist. 158 board needs to ensure it's recording meetingsDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - It seems like the controversy over Huntley Unit District 158's Nov. 13 school board meeting will drag on forever. In a story I wrote last month about the failure of four...
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Local music you should know aboutDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - The Chicago music scene never rests. Here's the best of recent releases by musicians and bands located in our back yard. David Singer, "East of the Fault Line" (The Swee...
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Football's wild, wild rideDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Before switching gears to college basketball, permit me this brain dump on what was truly a mind-blowing college football season. • The theorists are out this week as e...