Lifestyle Columns
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New DVDs this weekJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - "21" Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is graduating from MIT and will be attending Harvard Medical School. He doesn't have the money to get in, but by chance, he meets P...
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A method to the 'Mad Men'Jul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Stylish, elegant and yet somehow inert, like a neon cocktail glass from the early '60s era it's set in, "Mad Men" returns for its second season on a competitive new nigh...
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Set your timetable while ex-fiance makes up his mindJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I've been dating a man for over three years. I am generally a happy person and generally have a happy life with him. We had been talking engagement, so he told his fr...
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'Brothers' a step up from the usual crass, adolescent comedyJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Before I review "Step Brothers," the latest movie to come out of the Judd Apatow School of Painfully Poignant and Funny Crass Comedies, I must make an appeal to the stud...
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Eclipse's 'Plaza Suite' poignant, unsettlingJul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Neil Simon's plays may lack the razor-sharp wit of a wordsmith like David Ives, but the hit-maker responsible for "Barefoot in the Park," "The Odd Couple" and the Pulitz...
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Looks from the '70s and '80s returnJul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - We've seen leggings, bangles, Lacoste shirts, jelly shoes and madras shorts all over the place this summer. So it's no surprise that LeSportsac is making a comeback. The...
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Make dad your priorityJul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My 72-year-old father recently had quintuple bypass heart surgery. My mom decided "he did this to himself and now I'm stuck with his problem." She has always been...
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How bad is high-fructose corn syrup?Jul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. You are the voice of reason. What do you think of high-fructose corn syrup? Is it worse for us than regular sugar? R.F., Walnut Creek, Calif. A. Human bi...
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Nothin' says lovin' like something from her kitchenJul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Pillsbury's famed jingle, minted in 1965, promised that "nothin' says lovin' like something from the oven." Judy Mitchell takes that philosophy and adds yeast, letting i...
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Make the right choice when the urge to splurge hitsJul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - We all have the urge to splurge now and then. We rarely plan to do it, but when we do, we don't want to go completely off the deep end. No. If you're like me, you want y...