Ending Four Year Engagement Costs and Lessons
Dear Abby counsels a 19 year old to end her four year engagement with Mike, move out, level with family, and assume responsibility for the breakup while avoiding blame. A separate letter from a 16 year old asks how to stop lying. Abby suggests honesty with his father and counseling to repair trust and communication.
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Southern California grocery strike drags into third month
The three major chains Albertsons Kroger and Safe way face a prolonged walkout by about 70 000 workers as benefits shrink and picket lines thin after Christmas. Union leaders call it trench warfare with health care at stake while some workers cross lines return to jobs and others lose benefits. Ralphs faces a lawsuit over alleged locked out workers using false identities as talks stall and health care demands rise.
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United Food and Commercial Workers Union
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Los Angeles Economic Development Corp
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Wake-up call for citizen soldiers training at Fort Polk
Fort Polk Louisiana hosts 4800 National Guard and Reserve troops in a $10 million preparatory drill for Iraq duty. Brig Gen Dan Hickman notes a shift from heavy armor to foot patrols and local Iraqi engagement as officers adapt to complex political dynamics and new tech like Blue Force Tracking.
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150Th Armor
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Fallujah
Baghdad
Polk
Louisiana
Peter J. Schoomaker
Army
Schoomaker
Kirkuk
173Rd Airborne Brigade
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