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I glanced at my watch: 1:45 p.m. Did this make sense? I had a window of about two hours before a meeting at 4.
I would be leaving that evening for upstate New York, and this would be my only …
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John Howell
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7/3/12
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10 views
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NEWEST FAMILY MEMBER: Oliver on the way home from …
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I’d forgotten what it is like to have a child at home.
At our age, Carol and I are not thinking of having more children, although that would be a sure sign of a miracle if it were to happen. But …
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John Howell
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2/12/13
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17 views
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A power washer is a guy thing.
It’s one of those tools, like a chain saw, that commands respect, although you can’t do as much damage with the power washer.
I knew my friend Claude …
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John Howell
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6/12/12
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9 views
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WE GOT WHAT WE PAID FOR WITH EDC: How many of us remember when Governor Carcieri conducted a nationwide search in 2009 for a new director for the Economic Development Corporation? How many of us …
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Lonnie Barham
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5/31/12
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It took the costly collapse of 38 Studios to finally wake Rhode Island up about its relentless under-performing economy and its scattershot economic development policies. And then there was the CNBC …
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John Hazen White, Jr.
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10/30/12
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CALIFORNIA'S NOT "BACK ON TRACK": Contrary to an editorial in last Friday's Providence Journal entitled "California back on track," that left coast state is far from back on track. …
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Lonnie Barham
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2/14/13
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If you follow the cartoon page, you probably saw the recent Close to Home panel by John McPherson featuring a couple in adjoining rooms filled with clutter. The man seated in front of a TV, that …
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John Howell
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3/6/12
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I didn’t know quite what to think of Ted’s invitation to go “supping.”
If it had to do with food, I was there. But somehow I didn’t think my son was inviting me out for dinner. Why, …
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John Howell
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2/28/12
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8 views
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"Women are nurturers.”
It is a statement of fact. There was no point arguing, yet I couldn’t let it go unchallenged.
“Well, if that’s the case, what does that make us?” I asked …
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John Howell
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8/7/12
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Ginaitt, mayor lobby against BIG trucksBigger is not better. That’s the opinion of Mayor Scott Avedisian and Rep. Peter Ginaitt, who traveled to Washington to lobby Sen. Lincoln Chafee not to …
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3/20/12
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7 views
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