Lifestyle Columns
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He'll take parents' money for tuition, but that's itSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I am leaving home for college soon. My parents will pay my tuition. I want them to know I appreciate it, but I am not sure how to tell them. My parents are annoyi...
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Understanding fiber means looking beyond the nutrition labelSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - There's a dietary fiber loophole in Nutrition Facts labeling that's causing some consumer confusion. Before understanding what's happening, you'll need to know some fibe...
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Zinfandel's history not black and 'white'Sep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - This is a story about Zinfandel. Not the rose-styled "white" stuff, though it earns a healthy 8 percent of America's wine-volume and we must mention it, but barely. No, ...
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Don't let rising chicken prices fowl your budgetSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - I have been managing a very tight grocery budget of late. We're a family of four, including two teenage sons, and we eat most of our meals at home. I want to see how low...
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'Bones' jumps the shark but still has styleSep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - "Bones" returns for its fourth season Wednesday and immediately jumps the shark, then continues on its effortless way gliding like a graceful water-skier along the shore...
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Seeing wrongs cry out for some interventionSep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - While I'm away, readers give the advice. On angry parents, and intervening: My stepfather physically, verbally and emotionally abused me until I fled at 15. His power tr...
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This 'Rambow' a sentimental treatSep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - "Son of Rambow" - Sweet, funny and touching, "Son of Rambow" shines a loving light on the friendship between two preadolescent boys growing up in 1980s England. The ...
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Watch, discuss Polanski's 'Chinatown'Sep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - "Chinatown" returns Roman Polanski's classic 1974 drama will be shown before a discussion led by Virginia Wright Wexman, professor emerita of English and art history at ...
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Growing pains are real - and can really hurtAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It was 4 a.m. on a weekend when the 5-year-old's mother paged me to discuss her son's disturbing symptoms. She had become alarmed when her usually healthy little boy wok...
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Learn to actively manage hypertensionAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It's all about the three E's - education, empowerment and some easy-to-use equipment - once you've been diagnosed with high blood pressure. But a surprising number of fo...