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Grammar Moses: Lest we forget, there is a nuance to using 'recall'Apr 10, 2021 1:00 am - "I don't remember. I don't recall. I've got no memory of anything at all." When in doubt, employ a Peter Gabriel lyric, I always say. Remembering. Recalling. Synonyms, r...
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Constable: Downers Grove voice doctor helps people who can't burp (they really need to)Apr 10, 2021 1:00 am - An accomplished laryngology specialist, Dr. Robert W. Bastian of Downers Grove earned his reputation performing revolutionary voice-restoring microsurgeries on opera sin...
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Suburban spellers to participate in Scripps National Spelling BeeApr 10, 2021 1:00 am - Suburban spellers Sahasrad Sathish and Tejas Katira are among 13 regional spelling bee champions from Illinois who will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this...
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Broken arm, two surgeries not about to stop Hersey's McCallApr 10, 2021 1:00 am - The scar is getting better every day. But it's still there. It's still fairly obvious, and it has given Max McCall a reputation ... one that he is quite proud of, by the...
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Facts Matter: Photojournalists free to show Biden climbing Air Force One stepsApr 10, 2021 1:00 am - President Joe Biden last month was filmed tripping three times while climbing the steps to Air Force One. The clip was widely shared on social media and joked about duri...
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Longtime Baker Community Center board member, former blacksmith dies at 100Apr 09, 2021 6:00 am - If St. Charles ever has to point to a citizen who epitomized what it meant to grow up on a farm west of town and help the city transform into a key far-west suburb in th...
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Meet one of the behind-the-scenes heroes of emergency servicesApr 09, 2021 5:30 am - When Katherine Wargo picks up the phone at work, she never knows exactly what's on the other end of the call. But there is one thing she can count on: The caller is expe...
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Rozner: Still waiting on MLB to take care of retired playersApr 09, 2021 1:00 am - When first the subject was discussed here two years ago, there were 636 retired baseball players begging MLB and the players union for a little piece of the action. Toda...
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Feder: Tribune's Eric Zorn regrets 'chilly tone' of column on shooting of 13-year-oldApr 09, 2021 1:00 am - Saying he "should have done better," Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn is expressing regret for what he called the "chilly, analytical tone" of his piece about the fat...
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Will Joe Biden's Jim Crow big lie boomerang?Apr 09, 2021 1:00 am - The big lie works - until it doesn't. The big lie in this case is Joe Biden's charge that the changes in Georgia election law passed by the majority-Republican legislatu...