Des Plaines Opinion
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Every hospital needs hospice unitSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - I am compelled to write this letter because my husband recently passed away in a local hospital. I was appalled at the lack of care he received during his last days of l...
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No one wants to take responsibilitySep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Slowly, but surely, I am losing faith in humanity, of their values, or lack of thereof. I am sick and tired of hearing excuses, alibis, pointing the finger elsewhere or ...
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Soapbox: Red hot chili peppersSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - An autumn without a chili cook-off is like a summer without fireworks, a winter without sledding, a spring without tulips. You know -- virtually pointless. No wonder, th...
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Lots of factors go into shopping timesSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - My husband and I have had a daily laugh lately reading the responses to Penny Novy's letter of Sept. 6. May I add my two cents? No mother in her right mind would choose ...
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Drunken driver hit motorcyclist, police saySep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A Mundelein man with a history of drunken-driving arrests faces new charges after his car hit and badly injured a motorcyclist, police said today. Authorities believe Se...
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Debating language rules is copy editor's professional hazardSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - When it comes to the English language, you must never take anything for granted. It ought to be a simple enough proposition. If the singular referring to the famous sled...
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With cemetery just a graveyard, O'Hare expansion soarsSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Maybe by osmosis, Monsieur Richard Daley learned some new executive tricks during his most recent European trip. It was paid for by a management consulting firm … althou...
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Big effort made BG Days greatSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - To the editor: We would like to thank the companies who participated Labor Day weekend in Buffalo Grove Days 2007. Their donations of products, food and gifts, as well a...
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Very disappointing front page on 9/11Sep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - When I opened up my Daily Herald on 9/11, I could not believe my eyes. Instead of a solemn remembrance of the events of Sept. 11, 2001 making the headline, I read a spla...
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How does Planned Parenthood spend?Sep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Would someone in the know please open Planned Parenthood's books and tell us how much of their effort goes to abortion counseling as opposed to other work, and -- of the...