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The Slice archive for June 2012

THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012


Exit strategies 

It's OK to admit it. Sometimes you like to cut out of work a bit early. That does not make you a bad person. Still, you might feel a little sheepish about it. If that's the case, you will want to keep an eye out…

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What articles interested Ward Cleaver?

www.sitcomsonline.com If you had to guess, I mean. Do you suppose Ward was strictly an A section guy? Or maybe he looked at sports, too. Perhaps he even checked out the women's section (remember what era we're talking about) for insights about why June behaved…

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The Wednesday Slice

Which of these records did you like best? www.45cat.com www.45cat.com www.musicstack.com www.classic45s.com www.45cat.com www.ebay.com www.nobilliards.blogspot.com www.muskmellon.wordpress.com www.raw-tcsd.com

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TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012

Remembering a D-Day veteran 

I'll have to live to be almost 90 to make it to the centennial anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2044. Maybe I'll get there, though. My dad lived to be 90. And my mom is 95. Of course, who knows if anyone will even…

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Body parts in headlines

A colleague looking at a news story online wondered aloud if "Brutal Scrotum Attack" was redundant. This prompted a brief exchange on the various kinds of scrotum attacks. I need to remind myself more often that it is a treat to work in a newsroom.

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Teaching a kid to skip stones on water 

What's the key? A) Getting the child to understand that a sidearm (almost underarm) motion is essential. Overhand won't do. B) Getting the kid to relax. C) Understanding that selecting the right rocks is half the battle. D) Helping the child grasp the desirability of…

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Something you didn't need to know

There is an Idaho Avenue in Ames, Iowa and Nashville, Tenn. and Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis and Las Cruces, N.M. and Cape May, N.J. and Staten Island, N.Y. and St. Louis and Dallas and Plattsburgh, N.Y. and Aurora, Colo. and Kenner, Louisiana…

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MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2012

It never fails 

Full of breezy confidence, you make a simple declaration. And then, almost immediately, events conspire in an attempt to prove you wrong. A guiding premise of tomorrow's Slice column, written last week, is that it never really gets muggy here. I stand by this assertion.…

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"He's moving like a tremendous machine" 

Nine years ago, as the running of the Belmont Stakes approached, I took up an entire Slice column with the transcript of the track announcer's call of Secretariat's mind-blowing victory in that race in 1973. Many regard that Triple Crown finish as one of the…

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