Tag: spoof
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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April 01, 2008 05:19 PM EDT --
Do you have limp, drab-looking hair? It may be because you subscribe to common hair-care myths that styling professionals and hair-care scientists have debunked through careful study. . . . 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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April 23, 2008 08:11 AM EDT --
WILTON, Connecticut. In this leafy suburb of New York, it is possible to go for months without seeing one's next-door neighbors, says A.J. "Tony" Ward, a long-time resident. . . . more
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May 09, 2008 09:22 AM EDT --
DAYTONA BEACH. This city on Florida's west coast has been the headquarters for NASCAR since the stock car racing giant was first formed in 1948. "Some cities looked at us when we . . . more
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May 18, 2008 04:56 PM EDT --
BOSTON. The worlds of modern ballet and stock car racing have rarely, if ever, intersected, but there's always a first time, says Jimmy Ray Haggart, a mechanic at Mel's Auto Service in Tuscaloosa, . . . 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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August 04, 2008 01:01 PM EDT --
HOUSTON. Biblical scholars have debunked a Houston minister's claim that a Cheeto-brand snack he almost ate was made in the image and likeness of Jesus Christ , saying that the Shroud . . . more
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October 03, 2008 08:45 AM EDT --
I had a birthday last weekend. I'm not going to tell you how old I am, but to keep things in perspective, I like to remind myself that when William Shakespeare was my age, he'd already . . . more
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July 07, 2008 09:00 AM EDT --
BOSTON. Caitlin Morgan was excited when she was hired by the National Ingrown Toenail Foundation as its first full-time development director, but also a little nervous. "The organization . . . 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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