Lifestyle Columns
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Inexperience in the trade is not the same as incompetenceMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. You often refer to "inexperienced" or "newly-minted" home inspectors as less than desirable. You seem to equate inexperience with incompetence, and you insinuate ...
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Fox to celebrate 75 years of movie-making with DVD setsMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - "Twentieth Century Fox's 75th Anniversary Collection": For the next year, 20th Century Fox, will be releasing 300 of the studio's most notable films, backed up b...
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Goodman's 'Good Negro' spotlights the men behind civil rights fightMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - "Do what you have to do." That loaded phrase recurs several times throughout "The Good Negro," Tracey Scott Wilson's unflinching, fictionalized account of the civil righ...
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What happened to originality in movie titles?May 13, 2010 11:00 pm - No more entitlements Here are the top 10 most overused Hollywood movie titles that should be placed on a permanent moratorium immediately: 1. "The Last (Someth...
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Bank can't automatically 'call in' loan after a divorceMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - A federal law prohibits lenders from demanding immediate repayment of a mortgage solely because a couple divorces or one spouse dies. Q. You recently answered a ques...
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'Letters to Juliet' stamped by listless plotMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - If you like the generic pop-tune montage that opens "Letters to Juliet," you'll love the second one 30 minutes later. And the third 36 minutes later. And the fourth 44 m...
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Ridley Scott's 'Robin Hood' a passionless, joyless taleMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Zounds! What hath Ridley Scott done to ye old Robin Hood and his band of merry men? You know, the beloved English outlaw who took from the rich and gave to the poor in o...
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By-the-numbers 'Just Wright' gets it almost rightMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - There are moments in the trite rom-com "Just Wright" when executive producer Queen Latifah looks unbelievably stunning in an evening gown, or just swaddled in a set of o...
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Beans 'incomplete,' but still good for youMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Why do registered dietitians recommend beans as a protein source when they are considered an incomplete protein? A. Beans offer many advantages as a protein so...
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Go organic, do your homework to avoid GMO foodsMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Genetically-modified foods sit on supermarket shelves largely unnoticed because those foods do not have to be identified on the label or in the ingredient list as geneti...