Burt Constable
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Geneva ad man a mad man in quest to get kids off streetOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - This is not the sort of advertising campaign you would see launched by the fictional Don Draper and those scotch-drinking, chain-smoking, women-chasing advertising execu...
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Komosa’s life 10 years after the accidentOct 08, 2009 4:06 pm - Editor’s note: This column originally ran on Oct. 8, 2009. Life, 10 years later His blurry memories of Oct. 6, 1999, include getting dressed for another routine day of h...
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10 years after crippling accident, life goes on for Rob KomosaOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - His blurry memories of Oct. 6, 1999, include getting dressed for another routine day of high school and hitching a ride in his buddy's car, but Rob Komosa recalls nothin...
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When it comes to dealing with disappointment, practice really helpsOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - As I walk out of Wrigley Field after the last disappointing game of a very disappointing season in what concluded a very, very disappointing century for my Cubs, I smile...
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Ugly battle has librarians in Oak Brook turning to TeamstersSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Telling her mother that she wanted to come to the aid of a library under attack, 11-year-old Sydney Sabbagha stood at the podium before the Oak Brook village board. "I u...
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Palatine mayors past and present express reliefSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Mayor Rita Mullins sums up the pent-up emotions of an entire community in a single word Tuesday: relief. For more than 16 years, Palatine had been struggling to f...
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Money, and lots of good stuff, really does grow on treesSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - This time of year, we tend to treat trees as nothing more than eye candy. We ooh and ahh over the leafy explosions of oranges, yellows and reds as if we are little kids ...
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Grim diagnosis sets stage for overwhelming helpSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - That last Mother's Day in May, with the girls finding time to do all the right things for Mom amid the hectic end-of-school schedule, wasn't any more remarkable than any...
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Bride won't show up at wedding, but she will be everywhereSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The banquet hall for Annie Hopkins' wedding reception is rented for Oct. 3. A jazz trio will set the mood for the elegant, reception dinner of steak, chicken and a veget...
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A gun's story: Bought for protection, ends as crime weaponSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - As any firearm defender will tell you, a gun is just a cold, metal tool with no innate capacity for good or evil. But if you want to sell a gun, you play up the potentia...