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Century of retail history ends in Britain as final Woolworths stores close
LONDON (AP) — Bankrupt department store chain Woolworths, a stalwart of British retailing for 100 years, turned out the lights at the final 200 of its 807 shops on Tuesday. Debt-laden Woolworths filed for bankruptcy protection in November....Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy, Toys, Baby Products, Games, and Toys
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Americans take cost-saving measures in own hands
Tribune Washington bureauUse it up — Wear it out — Make it Do! It's the credo that your parents or grandparents lived by. Posters from the World War II era screamed it at careless consumers and those without money to consume. Now, as more Americans have been swept...Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Vehicles, Baldwin Park (Los Angeles, California) , Plumbing, Further Education
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In return to frugal mind-set, do-it-yourself on rise
Use it up - Wear it out - Make it do! It's the credo that your parents or grandparents lived by. Posters from the World War II era screamed it at careless consumers and those without money to consume. Now, as more Americans have been swept into what...Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Vehicles, Baldwin Park (Los Angeles, California) , Plumbing, Robert Green
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Obama's church lesson: Don't be cocky
The Swampby Mike Dorning EAU CLAIRE, Wisc.--On the Sunday before Barack Obama is to accept the Democratic presidential nomination, the lesson he heard at church was direct: Don't be "cocky." At Eau Claire's First Lutheran Church, where Obama attended morning...Tags: Political Candidates, Political Campaigns, Religious Texts, Elections, Bible
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The life of Brian
There is about an hour of autumn sunlight There is about an hour of autumn sunlight left on a chilly weekday afternoon in Arlington Heights' Centennial Park, a luxuriant green expanse surrounded by well-kept suburban homes. Squealing clusters of exuberant...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Wrigley Field, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Dick Butkus, Loans
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Meissner in sixth
Moments after her first performance of the new Grand Prix season, Kimmie Meissner was already looking forward to her next. The former world and national champion from Bel Air took a spill on the second element of her short program at Skate America when...Tags: Pairs Skating, Awards and Prizes, Ice Dancing, Dance, Dancing
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From the beginning, it falls apart for Meissner
There was no America in Skate America this year on the women's side of the ticket.
Kimmie Meissner's comeback yesterday derailed in a series of falls and poorly executed jumps that left her in eighth place out of 11 skaters. Injured U.S. champion Mirai...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Dance, Kimmie Meissner, Scott Hamilton, NBC
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Kim Novak, James Dean Win Henrietta Awards
From The Times: March 1, 1957 Motion picture actress Kim Novak and James Dean, deceased film actor, were named as the world favorites at the annual Golden Globe Awards presentation of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association last night at the Ambassador....Tags: Culture, Film Festivals, Kirk Douglas, Kim Novak, Music
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K.C. Johnson on the Bulls
I know this sounds crazy, but I think the Bulls have too much depth. Disregarding injuries, the Bulls are 14 deep. Even though the last three-for-one deal didn't work out, I would suggest to John Paxson to try to dump salary and depth and try to get a...Tags: Basketball, Tyronn Lue, Eddie Robinson, Earl Boykins, LeBron James
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Christopher Vail's Journal (1775-1782)
Staff WriterThough it is a remarkable document, there are a number of unanswered questions about Christopher Vail's Journal. It is not known when he wrote it in its current form, but we know from his 1833 pension application that he did keep some sort of journal when...Tags: New York Weather, Newspaper and Magazine, Bodies of Water, Executive Branch, Long Island Sound
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The Weekend
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday November 24, 2000 The strongest presence at a gathering at an upstate New York country estate in "The Weekend," a film as subtle and incisive as a New Yorker short story, is that of a dead man. Exactly a year has passed since the...Tags: Brooke Shields, D.B. Sweeney, James Duval, Gena Rowlands, Movies
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