Dear Cheryl Confessions on love and commitment
A reader asks whether to break up with her long time boyfriend after admitting cheating and falling for another man. The advice urges ending the relationship if no intent to marry, then pursuing the new romance.
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Cheryl
Kissless
Seattle
Ted Mediz eal Miss Manners on airplane etiquette
Judith Martin discusses travel socially and manners on planes. A reader asks about quiet activities while seated beside talkative passengers and the etiquette for choosing silence.
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Judith Martin
Ted Mediz Eal
Miss Manners
Miss Manners on avoiding unwanted conversations in transit
Miss Manners suggests polite refusals to social chatter on long trips. Acknowledge limits with a gentle line such as I’m not up to conversation now and move on. The piece notes that introductions once loosened during slow travel are outdated and warns against sharing confidences with strangers.
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Miss Manners
Local Briefs on Separation Support Groups
Separated, Widowed, Divorced Support Group of Iowa City meets 7:30 to 9 p.m. Monday at St. Mary's Parish Hall with speaker Lisa Polakowski, a licensed massage therapist, on massage benefits. Also Divorce Care Seminar meets 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Peace Christian Reformed Church Cedar Rapids with child care. information 377-6600. Another Support Group for Separated, Divorced meets 8 p.m. Thursday at Family Counseling Service Cedar Rapids. topics include shock and new identities. Led by Ken Torno, cost $40. register 363-9198.
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Iowa City
St. Mary’s Parish Hall
Lisa Polakowski
Peace Christian Reformed Church
C Ave
Cedar Rapids
Third Ave
Ken Torno
The Score and Race in Hollywood Romance
A Knight Ridder observer notes The Score stars Angela Bassett opposite Robert De Niro, showing an interracial romance that feels unforced. He interviews interracial couples and references a Washington Post Kaiser Harvard study on increasing tolerance, suggesting Hollywood paths toward normalizing mixed relationships rather than forcing race to matter.
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James Ragland
Knight Ridder
Angela Bassett
Robert
DeNiro
Angela
America
Hollywood
Bassett
Julia Roberts
Rhonda Jones
Jones
Monte
Plano
Texas
Sidney Poitier
Washington Post
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Harvard University
Supreme Court
Robert DeNiro
Tips for Preparing Rover for the New Baby
Lisa Hebert reports dog trainer Susan Blatz offers steps to dog proof for a baby. Train the dog to sit before feeding, walk behind you, and drop it. keep the dog off furniture. schedule dog time. expose to children. provide outdoor play. avoid leaving baby alone with the dog. start training early.
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Knight Ridder
Dallas
Susan Blatz
Blatz
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