Tag: comedy
group name: write-ade
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October 13, 2008 10:42 AM EDT --
The perils of romance in the workplace are so widely known they are summed up by figures of speech familiar to us all: Don't dip your pen in the company ink, don't get your meat where you . . . more
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October 12, 2008 09:32 PM EDT --
Recently, a sort of cultural arms' race has broken out between the two grocery stores that are equidistant to our house.
To the west, a formerly sleepy supermarket underwent a total makeover . . . more
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October 13, 2008 10:14 AM EDT --
NEW YORK. A report by FOX News that singer Amy Winehouse's nose is coming loose killed an early rally in foreign markets this morning, leading a panel of experts to conclude that the current . . . more
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October 11, 2008 04:08 PM EDT --
It was last Wednesday, "hump" day, half of the week behind me at noontime. I'm sure you know the feeling I had; you get up early every morning, go to work, answer the phone and yell . . . more
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October 11, 2008 10:54 AM EDT --
WASHINGTON, D.C. In a first exercise of new powers granted to it by the financial bailout bill, the Federal Reserve will use an emergency declaration of "Double Daylight Savings Time" . . . more
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June 21, 2008 10:53 AM EDT --
MAYNARD, Mass. In a darkened room, Rose Alba Mercurio sits in a comfortable chair and repeats the words she hears on a self-hypnosis tape especially prepared for her by a local support group. . . . more
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July 10, 2008 09:29 AM EDT --
Boston--City of Big Shoulders!
No wait--that's Chicago. Boston's the City of Round Shoulders, because of the number of bookish types who live here. That's why I joined . . . more
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August 01, 2008 11:31 AM EDT --
The 2008 Summer Olympics open next week in Beijing, and over the course of the games we will be bombarded with invidious comparisons between America and China--how their air is more polluted than . . . more
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May 29, 2008 02:32 PM EDT --
If, like me, you are constantly searching for ways to make the world a better place, you may have stumbled across an article on The Daily Green website ( www.thedailygreen.com/green-homes/latest/vodka-uses-460424 . . . more
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June 23, 2008 04:42 PM EDT --
In the summer of 1978, I worked as an intern in Washington, D.C. and would frequently walk past the White House on my lunch hour. There I would encounter, as you may today, protestors of various . . . more
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July 11, 2008 10:43 AM EDT --
I have an unerring eye for fashion, if I do say so myself. Which I just did.
Resort wear: To be worn only as a last resort.
If you want to know what's "happening" . . . more
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August 01, 2008 08:10 AM EDT --
NEW YORK. This city, home to the world's largest urban population of pigeons, has encountered a new problem in its continuing effort to get cars off the streets and their passengers on their . . . more
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July 30, 2008 10:29 PM EDT --
Restaurant chain Bennigan's has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 in the Eastern District of Texas, Yahoo Business News.
BAILIFF: Oyez, oyez, oyez, whatever in the hell that means. . . . more
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August 17, 2008 08:21 PM EDT --
BEIJING. Confronted with a certified copy of her birth certificate by Chinese officials, Olympic silver medalist Dana Torres today admitted that she is not 41 years and that she added . . . more
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August 29, 2008 08:20 AM EDT --
Got a problem with a low ranking? Been flambéed by an anonymous member? The Gather Action Reporter is here to help!
Dear Gather Action Reporter:
. . . more
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September 07, 2008 09:42 PM EDT --
NEWTON UPPER HILLS, Mass. This suburb to the west of Boston boasts a highly-educated population with a love of reading, as well as a large population of dogs. "We're not called the . . . more
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October 01, 2008 04:49 AM EDT --
It is time once again to dig into Mr. Sports Talk Guy's mailbag and answer your questions on jargon from the four major sports groups.
"Stop yelling at me!"
Dear Mr. . . . more
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May 30, 2008 08:35 AM EDT --
Scientists have determined that a tiny freshwater organism known as the "bdelloid rotifer" gave up sex 40 million years ago. And you thought the spark had gone out of your . . . more
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June 01, 2008 12:26 PM EDT --
GREEN RIDGE, Mo. Sam Jones has been a grain buyer in this small town for nearly four decades, but he wears an expression of concern as he watches farmers make purchases for the . . . more
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June 22, 2008 10:13 AM EDT --
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. Jim Hutchinson would prefer it if you set your cell phone on vibrate and kept your handheld device on mute. He doesn't like car horns, and when he goes . . . more
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