Through the swirling mist strode the lady in the red cloak. Her feeble candlelight cast the sole illumination on this dark and stormy night. She came armed with the stories of the dead, the …
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I could be losing my mind. Or it could be a curious echo of the love and admiration I had for my uncles, who all fought in World War II.
One jumped at D-Day and spent the rest of the war in a …
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By Emmet Meara Special to the NEWS
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6/27/09
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Happy Father’s Day, Dad. I’m sorry.
In retrospect I cannot imagine why you did not beat me to death, on several occasions, for numerous reasons.
I believe the closest you came was when the …
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By Emmet Meara Special to the NEWS
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6/20/09
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My Roslindale High School education taught me, among other things, the immortal comment by Bobby Burns, when he caught a louse in the hair of a beautiful woman sitting in front of him in church. “O …
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By Emmet Meara Special to the NEWS
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6/13/09
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AUGUSTA, Maine — After signing a bill that uses a new funding mechanism for his prized Dirigo program, Gov. John Baldacci praised the Legislature on Wednesday for enacting that and several other laws he said will go a long way toward improving health care for Mainers.
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By Glenn Adams, The Associated Press
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6/11/09
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You wouldn’t think that a new phone would create such a commotion. Last week, I activated a new phone sent, unrequested, from Verizon, a firm which keeps television in the profit column all by …
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At least in my life, Men’s Journal magazine is the arbiter of all things cool and manly. It has been thus, ever since the death of Marion Morrison (the real name of John Wayne). In between stories …
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By Emmet Meara Special to the NEWS
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5/30/09
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How do I love thee, Tony Kornheiser? Let me count the ways.
All right, the host of “Pardon the Interruption” and “Monday Night Football” is bald, distinctively orange and dresses like a …
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By Emmet Meara Special to the NEWS
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5/23/09
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If the television show “America’s Dumbest Videos” does not have a substation across from Cobb Manor, it should open one.
Remember Nixon’s secretary Rose Mary Woods? She was Nixon’s …
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By Emmet Meara Special to the NEWS
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5/16/09
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