The myth of SUV safety
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"I bought an SUV because they're safer." "I like to sit up high." "I need four-wheel-drive to get through the snow in the winter." "I hate minivans because of the image -- people would...
Growing upbeat
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In the play Brighton Beach Memoirs, the father says, "If you don't have a problem, you wouldn't live in this house," and that's no joke! Memoirs is one of Neil Simon's more serious...
Samurai bored
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I have a sneaking suspicion that the American Film Institute, which makes lists like Campbell's makes soup, will soon come out with "The Top 100 Buddy Movies of All Time."
I can't predict number one,...
Fear of the unknown?
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Some Stella Maris parishioners seem convinced that an assisted-living facility is a done deal -- with construction set to begin soon on their church's grounds. But the Archdiocese of Philadelphia says that's...
Market will fill a gap
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After a couple years of negotiations and several proposals about what would be built at 19th Street and Oregon Avenue, neighbors have gotten their wish. Acme Markets, the largest food and drug...
School days numbered
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The loyalty displayed by parents and faculty of E.M. Stanton rallying to save their neighborhood school from closing just won't be enough. A group of teachers, parents and adults who volunteer as...
Answering the call
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It was Feb. 3, 1943. World War II was in full swing. Lts. George L. Fox, Alexander D. Goode, John P. Washington and Clark V. Polig were not the only men who lost...
Roaring cat
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In the early 1970s, I backpacked my way around the world and spent a few days in the unlikely city of Beirut, Lebanon, just before that lovely seaside capital was wracked by horrible...