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Pet expenses: A dog's life, on a budget
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSunday, April 13, 2008 YOUR MONEY: PET EXPENSES A dog's life, on a budget * With a little bit of discipline, pet owners can keep their vet costs on a short leash Home Edition, Business, Page C-1 Business Desk 35 inches; 1400 words Type of Material:...Tags: Purdue University, Dogs, Animals, Consumers, Medical Specialization
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Letters to the editor
Gas down, traffic up Re “Traffic rises as gas prices fall,” Nov. 20 It is sad to see that with the decline in gas prices comes a return to commuting by car for many residents. It surprises me a little that in a city recognized for being on...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Petroleum Industry, Movies, Manhattan (New York City), Academic Progress
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ONE-MINUTE REVIEWS: "The Film Club" by David Gilmour; "Hurry Down Sunshine" by Michael Greenberg; "An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination" by Elizabeth McCracken; "The House at Sugar Beach" by Helene Cooper;
The year 2008 has been a vintage year for memoirs. Some configuration of the ripening of family tragedies and the tenderness with which memories fade has inspired stories with great resonance. These memoirs—four of a banner year's best—offer a...Tags: Teen-agers, Francois Truffaut, Elmore Leonard, Movies, House (movie)
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'Pray the Devil Back to Hell' documents Liberian women's effort to end war
After 14 years of devastating civil war, the women of Liberia had had enough. They had witnessed their husbands' murders, fled their torched villages and grown to fear and despise the young boys recruited as rebel soldiers. Founded by freed American...Tags: Heads of State, Depression, Government, Walt Disney, Movies
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'Pray the Devil Back to Hell'
Movie Critic"Pray the Devil Back to Hell" is the story of how an entire country went from madness to sanity, prodded by women who would not be denied. It's a marvelous documentary detailing how the everyday became extraordinary, "how ordinary women," in the words...Tags: National Government, Zachary Taylor, Government, Peace Negotiations, Diplomacy
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Field trip to two top variety shows
Even though I tend to be self-conscious about wearing identification tags in hotel elevators, I always get a kick out of the annual convention of the Garden Writers of America, and this fall's get-together in Portland, Ore., was no exception. I shared...Tags: Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Northport, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Baby Products, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Africans' hopes surge with Obama's win
When Barack Obama visited South Africa as an Illinois senator in 2006, the reaction from the government was one big shrug. Only one Cabinet minister took the time to meet him. The local newspapers barely noticed.
What a difference a few years, and a...Tags: Foreign Aid, Barack Obama, John McCain, Heads of State, Newspaper and Magazine
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Home and garden events in the Southland
SUNDAY Window restoration: Long "Beach" " Heritage sponsors this talk and demonstration by Ed Sanchez of Window Restoration & Repair on the benefits of keeping classic windows. Cynthia Chenier of Long Beach-based stained glass company Cynthia's...Tags: Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), History, Redondo Beach, California, Colorado
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Founded as a black utopian colony, Allensworth today is far from it
From outside her house in this beaten-down little town in the southern San Joaquin Valley, Nettie Morrison, Allensworth's unofficial mayor, can look up the road a few hundred yards and see where it all so grandly began -- the birthplace of one of the more...Tags: Barack Obama, History, Farms, Martin Luther King Jr., California
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Liberian ex-combatants: The struggle to rebuild lives
Tribune staff photographer"I want to work but there are no jobs, I have not enough money to go back to school to study," George Bull complains as he lights a candle in his room in the abandoned building where he has been living with other displaced people since Liberia's 14...Tags: National Government, Heads of State, Defense, Chicago Jobs, Firearms
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Liberian National Amputee football team: Winning on the field not translating into national support
Tribune staff photographerNear downtown Monrovia, soccer players wearing colorful but worn-out jerseys are chasing a ball on a huge, sandy beachlike field. But these players are not ordinary soccer players--they run on crutches and each goalkeeper has only one arm. They are...Tags: National Government, Heads of State, Defense, Chicago Jobs, Firearms
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Cancer patients get a makeover and a lift with Look Good . . . Feel Better
Special to The TimesAnyone diagnosed with cancer is facing challenges from the get-go: Your life may be on the line. You may need surgery, radiation or potent chemotherapy, which can make you sick as a dog. On top of all that, you may start to lose your hair. Hair loss is...Tags: Health Organizations, Health Treatments, Diseases, Cancer, Breast Cancer
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