Burt Constable
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What comes after a trillion?Feb 16, 2011 12:00 am - In the waning days of the previous millennium, President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, became the first president to balance the budget since Republican Richard Nixon and hi...
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Marilyn Monroe turns into Mt. Prospect impersonator's best friendFeb 15, 2011 12:00 am - The iconic Marilyn Monroe was dead long before Mount Prospect native Sheri Winkelmann was old enough to know who she was. In the years that Winkelmann became an actress...
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Local author's play asks real questions of loveFeb 14, 2011 11:00 pm - Our most-acclaimed holiday of romance doesn't get to the heart of the matter when it comes to love. “Valentine's Day,” declares author Bruce Steinberg of St. Charles, “i...
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Romance fixture for musicians of the baroqueFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - Lincolnshire's Charles Geyer and Barbara Butler live together, raise their 16-year-old daughter together, teach trumpet together as Northwestern University professors, p...
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Owl vs. Chihuahua earns Chico fameFeb 08, 2011 10:00 pm - On one end of the leash was a yelling, flailing man. On the other end was a hungry Great Horned Owl. And a little 4-pound Chihuahua named Chico was hanging in the balanc...
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Auto show's economic models sport figures to rev recoveryFeb 07, 2011 12:00 am - An old wives' tale insists that you can predict the veracity of the approaching winter by counting the brown bands of fuzz on woolly bear caterpillars. An old columnist'...
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If you're not too sore to clap, give snowmobilers a handFeb 04, 2011 11:00 pm - By Burt Constable Admittedly, those hours behind a desk have made me a little soft. But my shoulders ache so much from digging out from under this week's snow that it hu...
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After decade of wimpy, winter restores Big Shoulders repFeb 01, 2011 11:00 pm - We're back. Just when it looked as if Chicago's tough guy image would melt away like so many plans for a Bears' Super Bowl party, we get our weather cred re-established ...
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Small gestures of good, bad leave lasting marks on kidsJan 30, 2011 11:00 pm - A smart kid with good grades, Michael Spivak came from a supportive family and had just celebrated a successful bar mitzvah that ushered him into manhood. But he still w...
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Creativity bridges gap between Geneva and Africa slumsJan 25, 2011 10:00 pm - In a profession synonymous with urging people to buy stuff, Rule 29 design firm founder Justin Ahrens of Geneva wanted to do something a bit more ambitious. “I've always...