Loose lips expose big slips across the states
Devils Lake Mayor: Just when you think things can’t get worse, they do. Toyota’s Toyoda: Isn’t that the truth.
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“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” This inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City has served as the unofficial creed for U.S. postal carriers.
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The head-on collision was devastating, midday Monday, at the intersection of California’s Interstate 8 and the information highway.
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At the Academy Awards presentation the other night, it was noted that the last time 10 films had been nominated for best picture was in 1943, the year “Casablanca” won.
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Someone has a plan to salvage Detroit: Change it from Motown to Mayberry. Seriously.
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The snow is melting in the woods of North Carolina and the kudzu is greening up.
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Citigroup, one the world’s largest banks, was bailed out with some $45 billion of U.S. taxpayer funds and we taxpayers — you and I — still own a little over one quarter of the company.
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Of all the paid jobs I have ever held, the one that was most immediately satisfying to me was waitressing, back in high school and college.
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