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Month: June 2014
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It’s an unexpected joy to learn that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar “likes” Wisconsin. At least, he says he does, based on the comedic – some would say embarrassingly corny – commercial promoting tourism in the state. If you haven’t seen it, Kareem re-enacts the part he played in the hilariously funny movie, “Airplane,” as the plane flies…
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On a relatively mild February afternoon in 2013, I inexplicably fell into the middle of a street a couple of blocks from my home. It’s one of those things that happen to people of my age (83 then) over which they seem to have no control. All I remember is heading face down onto the…
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Well over 100 young people filled the site of the Our Next Generation Neighborhood Center at N. 34th Street and W. Lisbon Ave., on Wednesday, June 4, to echo a common message: “Put the Guns Down.” This combined effort of Westside Academy II and Serve-2-Unite was designed by the teenagers themselves, according to Jennifer Koss,…
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Horses are no longer a part of daily life. That’s hardly news, of course, but to the longtime erudite sports columnist and author Frank Deford the fact that horses have lost their importance in daily life is one of the reasons that horse racing has lost popularity to the general public. On his National Public…
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