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A Word, Please: A billboard a day makes grammar less gray
It's a billboard custom-tailored to grammar buffs. "Every day we help people get back to their everyday," proclaims the ad for Keck Medical Center of USC. In that single sentence, the copy writer does more to help people with grammar than I probably...Tags: Values
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Critic questions AQMD board member's doctorates
A critic of the region's air-quality agency is questioning the academic credentials of a board member empowered to vote on the fate of the fire rings in Newport Beach and Huntington Beach. Clark E. Parker, who sits on the South Coast Air Quality...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Environmental Pollution
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The God Squad: Have you given your mom a papaya yet?
I'm not a big fan of secular, made-up holidays, but Mother's Day is different. I love Mother's Day, and this Sunday I will call my mother, Rosalie, in Milwaukee and tell her that I love her. She'll tell me that she loves me and thank me for the fruit. I...Tags: Martin Luther, Christianity, Jerusalem (Israel), Judaism, Mother's Day
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Commentary: Hoag abortion ban is a step backward
Earlier this month, Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach announced to its staff that its physicians would no longer be able to perform elective abortions at the hospital ("Hoag: no more elective abortions," May 8). This came as a surprise to some of its...Tags: General Practitioners, Human Rights, Hospitals and Clinics, Christianity, Family Planning
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The Crowd: Seeing style with 2020 vision
"We like to think of ourselves as your best professional girlfriend that you can trust to tell you the truth at all times," says Lisa Marmorino. The glamorous platinum blond executive stylist, who cut her teeth in the fashion world earlier in her career...
Tags: Chanel S.A., Entertainment Events, Personal Service, Human Interest, Philosophy
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Mailbag: Balboa Island story left out link to global warming
Re. "Flood risk: Bane of Balboa Island's existence," (May 5): I was surprised no mention was made of the reason the Federal Emergency Management Agency revised its flood maps — global warming. FEMA's conservative estimate of sea rise, according to...Tags: Science and Technology, Conservation, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Christianity, Hospitals and Clinics
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Ruling: St. James must return church to Episcopal diocese
The long-disputed St. James Anglican Church campus in Newport Beach belongs to the larger Episcopal Church Diocese of Los Angeles, an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled last week. St. James members split from the Episcopal Church nine years ago...Tags: Anglicanism, Christianity, Orange County Superior Court
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Flood risk: Bane of Balboa Island's existence
Craig Schusterick, his workman's hands powdery white with construction grit, led the way across Onyx Avenue on Balboa Island to show off his handiwork. His nearly complete three-story home — designed with solid wood paneling to echo the Cape Cod...
Tags: Values, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Homes, Bodies of Water, Water
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Hoag to no longer perform elective abortions
In a letter to affiliated physicians and staff, Hoag Hospital announced that elective abortions will no longer be performed at the Newport Beach facility because of the low number of procedures done annually. The decision was based on a review of...Tags: Social Issues, General Practitioners, University of California, Irvine, Family Planning, Hospitals and Clinics
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It's A Gray Area: Government is not the road out of poverty
The road to success for communities struggling with poverty is generally not hard to find, or even to travel. All it requires is a firm reliance upon yourself instead of government. To drive that point home, candidly ask yourself what government has...Tags: Values, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, China, Peace Corps
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My Answer: Technology can save us, but only partly
Q: I'm kind of a technology geek, and when I walked through our local electronics store the other day, I suddenly realized that most of the products weren't even around 20 years ago. Do you think technology could be the key to solving the world's...Tags: Science and Technology, Belief and Faith, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Electronics, Separation of Church and State
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Pension committee considers a 'tough nut'
An "out of control" financial situation. An "ugly situation." A city that's "handcuffed." Not just a "Costa Mesa problem." Those were a few of the words used to describe the city's employee pension program through the California Public Employees'...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Philosophy, Politics
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