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March 29, 2024

Archive for September 4, 2007

School’s in session
Summer vacation is over and school is back in session. Young people across the nation are waking up early again, their minds poised to receive knowledge from their dedicated instructors. I remember my days in ...
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UPON FURTHER REVIEW
Midnight Mayhem is open to any licensed driver with proof of insurance and a street-legal car, truck or motorcycle. Minors must present a signed parent consent form, available by calling 632-8213.
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TAKE FIVE: THE LENNON SISTERS
Lawrence Welk turned the Lennon Sisters into household names in 1955 - long before the Osmonds and the Jacksons - and on his television stage they sang for 14 seasons.
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Sisters' line of rag dolls recalls the good-ol' days
With all the bells and whistles of today's dolls, clever action figures and dancing bears, a simple rag doll with yarn hair, knit stockings and a prairie outfit seems almost fictional, an embodiment of any ...
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Unexpectedly, blight intrudes on nature
Painter Ivan Fortushniak's rural landscapes are intense, lush and romantic. But there is something else: the smokestacks, natural disasters and airplanes that taint the traditional poetry of the landscapes.
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FLASHPOINT for Sep 4 , 2007
Those presidential candidates who pledged to walk a pick- et line will find out today that their promise isn't yet off the table, despite that MGM Mirage settlement. National Culinary Union leaders are scheduled today ...
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Letter: Stop whining about airplane noise
Since the letter writers do not seem to be getting the message, I will spell it out more succinctly:
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Letter: Fraud in Iraq does outrage Americans
When I read the statement in the editorial that said "Americans should be outraged by the sheer immensity of this scandal" I found it difficult to not scream out loud: We are outraged!
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Letter: United, Sierra Health committed to Nevadans
Like the nearly 3,000 local employees of Sierra Health Services and UnitedHealth Group, I was disappointed to read your editorial on the Nevada Insurance Division approving the merger between these two companies.
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Editorial: Tavern a dead issue
Honestly, only in Las Vegas.
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Editorial: Hey, wake up
They just aren't sleeping as much - and, experts suggest, they aren't sleeping enough.
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Editorial: A sluggish response
But an estimated 1.1 million U.S. children are exposed to lead paint found in older homes each year - a threat that still is greater than the potential for lead exposure from imported toys, pediatricians ...
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Some 'upgrade': CSN files go missing
Several College of Southern Nevada professors returned to campus the week of Aug. 20 to find that their work, carefully stored in computer files, had disappeared, apparently lost in a shared computer server system that ...
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Too bright for Vegas? Clark County thinks on it
ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS MORRIS
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