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St. John's offers individual instruction in multi-grade settingOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - At the turn of the 20th century, one of every three American children was educated in a one-room schoolhouse. Through ever-mushrooming communities, most of those schools...
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Leibforth leads forth SuperfansOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The fans, particularly the student section, at high school sporting events are probably the last thing people think to credit when the team wins. But after all, who is i...
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ABC's fairy tale, funny guys and a comic flopOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Lee Pace is a gifted pie maker with other surprising abilities as well in "Pushing Daisies." "Cavemen": The 30-second commercial tries to stretch its one joke over a hal...
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A position Bears really need to fillOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Bears quarterbacks are like the weather: Everybody owns an umbrella but nobody stops it from raining. This franchise is back where it started a half-century ago, patchin...
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Neighbors golf together for fun and charityOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The winning team celebrates following the "glow in the dark" golf outing. Back row, from left: Tim Martin, Chris Hyland and Pete Siavelis. Front row, from left: Cori Maz...
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Her clock is ticking, but he's not readyOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I am a 35-year-old woman in a committed relationship of several years. My boyfriend, 38, is still "not ready" to get married, and I know the situation is unlikely to ...
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Audiobooks bring new dimension to novelsOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - "I love audiobooks," he said. "For me, the audio version of a book is like hearing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony rather than reading the score. Hearing the book makes it co...
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Cubs have as good a shot as any in NL, but Big Z the keyOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - So now what? That's the question arriving at such a rapid pace that it requires a rapid response. In order to properly answer with context and perspective -- or at least...
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Be loyal to a ball club, and they'll surely break your heartOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - In August 1951, my father took me to see a doubleheader between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. We didn't stay for the bottom half of that twin bill becaus...
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Miller's stunt evidence of Illinois' team chemistryOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - If there's an All-America team for relatively wholesome pranks, then Illinois outside linebacker Brit Miller belongs there without a doubt. We'll get to Miller's crazy s...