Op-ed
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Leave it to our leaders in Washington to spend a dollar to save a dime. Congress just announced that a $77-million computer system put in place last summer to combat Medicare fraud had saved …
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Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service …
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Marie Ghazal and Vincent Marzullo
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3/15/12
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The world's largest energy companies just released their fourth-quarter earnings. Though slightly less than the previous quarter's gains, the figures were, nonetheless, headline-grabbing. Chevron …
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Robert Bradley, Jr.
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3/1/12
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Have you ever had trouble getting public information from your government? You shouldn't, but it has at times been a problem here in Rhode Island.
Legislation passed by the General Assembly and …
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HAPPY TO BE HERE: Mayors Allan Fung and Scott …
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The official first day of the Republican National Convention…
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Mayor Scott Avedisian
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8/29/12
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NEUMONT COLLEGE: A recent editorial advocated against allowing Neumont College, the Utah-based, for-profit technology college, to open its doors in Rhode Island. Three major R.I. companies that have …
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What will your vote mean 150 years from now? Odd question huh? I ask it because I’ve recently begun re-reading Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals,” which portrays Abraham Lincoln and …
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Robert Houghtaling
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9/25/12
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It’s probably no surprise that industry research firm Technomic just listed McDonald’s as the nation’s top fast food restaurant, with more than $34 billion in sales in 2011. But I can honestly …
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Nick Thomas
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9/18/12
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Maybe it’s simply a sign of the times, but it feels like with each day we gravitate closer toward becoming a world of measurables. Potential seems to be determined only by numerical figures and …
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Thomas Cribbin
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1/22/13
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HALF THE WORLD AWAY: Peace Corps volunteer Joanne …
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I love to bake – bread, cookies, muffins, coffee cake; there is nothing I won’t try when it comes to baking something sweet and tasty. Unfortunately, baking in a Ukrainian kitchen can be a bit of …
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Joanne R. Luongo
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5/24/12
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32 views
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