Burt Constable
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Today's brazen thieves often make passes at $300 glassesJul 11, 2008 11:00 pm - There was an era when a pair of glasses actually could prevent crime. "You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you?" was the equivalent of carrying a "Get Out of a Pu...
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Even in manicured suburbs, butterflies find their spotsJul 09, 2008 11:00 pm - As a kid, I once tied a mesh potato sack to a yardstick and stumbled around our yard with dreams of bagging a butterfly. "I use a real butterfly net, but it's not altoge...
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Vacationing with books, bikes, ticks and dirty tricksJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - One of the joys of a summer vacation is cozying up with a good book. It's even better when an old friend unexpectedly pops up on Page 337. Jack Mabley, or at least an ex...
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Sox shower Cub fans with cold realityJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - On a muggy Friday, the White Sox did the mugging. After scorching the Sox three straight games last weekend at Wrigley Field, the Cubs' bats went cold at U.S. Cellular. ...
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All they are saying is, 'Give peace its own department'Jun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - For much of this nation's history we had a War Department, a secretary of war and actual wars. But war is such an ugly word. So, in the aftermath of World War II, we cam...
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So happy togetherJun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Maybe it is the omen of the brilliant rainbow that appears beyond the right-field wall at Wrigley Field before Sunday night's game. Maybe the trouble-maker drunks alread...
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Insulted? Wait till OctoberJun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - On an unseasonable warm October afternoon, the Chicago Cubs staged a thrilling comeback and used a dramatic walk-off homer by hero Aramis Ramirez to beat the White Sox 4...
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Finally, a city series worth more than just bragging rightsJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The first-place Cubs take on the first-place White Sox today in the opener of the annual six-game Crosstown Showdown that, dare we say it, could have postseason conseque...
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Women use 'The Club' to protect 60 years of BFF statusJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Paris Hilton needs a reality TV show to find her a new Best Friend Forever. A better role model for female friendship is airing on the big screen in "Sex and the City," ...
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I hear that new rumor-busting Web site is run by aliensJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Most of us suburbanites can't even remember the last time we were the subject of a rumor. Our lives just aren't that interesting. Oh, maybe there are whispers that you "...