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Sunday, November 22, 2009

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REDISCOVERING LIBERTY

Updated: 11/22/09 7:25 AM
NEW YORK — Ominous gray skies greeted us as we stepped off the ferry at Liberty Island. My husband, stepdaughter and I walked up the dock and got our first up-close glimpse of the Statue of Liberty. She towered before us, magnificent in weathered blue-green copper.

Thomson takes a brilliant look at defining moment in modern film

Updated: 11/22/09 7:25 AM
They were my personal teen Rites of Spring. It took me years to understand the significance of both.

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Updated: 11/22/09 7:25 AM
It’s a wrap

PeopleTalk: A conversation with turkey farmer Thomas Britt

Updated: 11/21/09 1:36 PM
These days are busy ones for turkey farmer Thomas Britt, whose 34-acre Gasport farm is home to 1,200 turkeys. Britt, 45, works hard to make a living for his family — both on his farm and as a machine repairman at General Motors in Lockport. Growing up on a cattle farm, Britt appreciates the outdoors and believes strongly in the American agrarian tradition he lives to preserve.

Other Life News

Tips for a safe and healthful holiday

Turkey Trotters, when is the last time you ran 4.97 miles? Touch football players, you know you'll dive for at least one ball. Domestic chefs, partygoers, shoppers — the last place you want to spend your Thanksgiving is in the hospital emergency room with a burned hand or twisted ankle.

Nobody knows for sure life’s outcomes

The sunny-side-uppers claim that a positive attitude is the secret to success. If only all the Eeyores of the world would start thinking more positively, we could cure disease, create world peace and line our pockets with riches.

Religion Notes/ News of area faith groups

Holiday celebration

P. F. Chang’s Bistro: Good deals, lots of ambience

Chinese food goes sexy. And successful. P. F. Chang’s China Bistro has been packing them in for about a month now in the Walden Galleria’s ultra-eating section (as opposed to the food court — it’s definitely not the food court). The Scottsdale, Ariz.,-based chain features what is basically a menu of standard favorites, but they are presented with panache.

Add a touch of whimsy to your home

Updated: 11/19/09 4:55 PM
By Susan Martin

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Columns

Nobody knows for sure life’s outcomes

The sunny-side-uppers claim that a positive attitude is the secret to success. If only all the Eeyores of the world would start thinking more positively, we could cure disease, create world peace and line our pockets with riches.

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