Lifestyle Columns
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Why 'whole grain' products aren't always all 'whole grain'May 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. How can bread and pasta labeled "whole grain" contain enriched (refined) flour? I thought I'd been eating products that were truly whole grain. A. The U.S. Foo...
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Mary Gieser makes marinated pork tenderloinMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Nobody knows if, after biting that apple in the Garden of Eden, Eve went home and baked an apple pie for Adam. But we do know the Bible is peppered with references to fo...
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Remakes, sequels make 2010 a light year for summer blockbustersMay 02, 2010 11:00 pm - To be charitable, we might call the summer movies of 2010 "risk averse." That's a fancy business term for "innovatively challenged." Or "creatively nullified." Or just ...
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Frustrations take off with flight delays, cancellationsMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Last week on a flight to Boston, I sat next to a young woman who was about to live her dream. For five years she had run marathons all over the world hoping to qualify f...
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Longtime tenant angered over unfair late feeMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I have been a tenant in the same apartment for nearly 12 years. Last month was the first time I couldn't pay my rent on time because I was out of town longer than...
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Six issues to tackle for a better, more stable, financial systemMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Preventing another crisis Editor's note: This is the first column in a multipart series that will continue Sundays in Homes Plus over the next few weeks. The financial c...
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Reverse mortgage can help seniors cover taxesMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Is there an option for those of us whose homes are paid for, yet we are struggling to pay horrendous property taxes? Is it possible to lose a home because I can't...
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Defective floor pitch needs another pourMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. My wife and I built a new house in northern Vermont in 1994. In the winter, the garage accumulates water from our vehicles along with road salt and other debris. ...
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Putting yourself first is an option with consequencesMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. You wrote recently, about declining invitations one has already accepted, that, "the host has feelings that need to be treated with more care, in this case, than ...
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Are you a doer or a watcher? Movie makes us wonderApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Did you hear about the homeless man in Queens this week who stopped a mugging, but was stabbed and left to die on the street while more than 20 New Yorkers walked by wit...