The Buffalo News : Opinion

Sunday, May 11, 2008

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Let’s ban the use of ‘it remains to be seen’
Everyone who writes for a living or reads for pleasure has a pet peeve. My first city editor had a thing about “not only.” He insisted that “not only” always had to be followed by “but also.” Thousands of otherwise rational folks will never end a sentence with a preposition. I myself get cranky over “replica.”
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Better food than fuel
One reason, perhaps, why members of Congress never succeed in promises to reduce the size and power of the federal bureaucracy: They need it to save them from their own foolish decisions.
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Blogzerpts / Opinions from buffalonews.com
Excerpts from reader commentary on News staffers’ online blog postings last week. Online comments come from registered users, but — unlike reviewed and verified Everybody’s Column letters — can be posted under pen names.
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Improve medical access for kids
Buffalo’s ranking as the second-poorest large city in the country has an especially tragic side — lack of access to adequate medical care for the city’s impoverished residents. News reporter Mark Sommer’s recent coverage of that aspect of life for the poor, in detail often troubling to read, offered a look at the impacts of poverty on the health of the youngest and most helpless in our community.
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Mother’s Day revolves around cooking, again

Today, as we enjoy Mother’s Day in my Italian family, we have many reasons to celebrate. Two years ago, my mom chased a squirrel feasting on the prized tomatoes she raises from seed for tomato sauce. She missed a step and fell down the back stairs. In an instant, our lives changed.

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Another Voice

New York could help parents, infants by passing bill

Like millions of parents, the birth of our daughter Natalie in 2006 was a cherished and long-sought moment. Having a baby is one of life’s true joys. For too many working families, however, a new baby can also mean a difficult struggle to make ends meet.

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Concern mounts over ingredient in Plastics

PHILADELPHIA — Inside her Ursinus College lab, biology professor Rebecca Roberts dons rubber gloves and watches as her students inject spleen samples from mice with a reactive substance.

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