Ask Mister Language Person Pokes Fun At Punctuation And Puns
A playful column mocks grammar questions on commas laypersons and infers why language quirks matter. The piece jests at misused terms and a medical pun about infarction while highlighting the punny side of language.
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America
Florida
United States
Tiffany
Jason
Language Column Delights With Reader Submissions
A humor filled column shares reader language curiosities from kitchen jokes to headlines. It mentions a Lake Tahoe bureau website and cites real life examples including a restaurant coupon and a nationwide egg fertilization suit story. The writing tip urges strong action statements in professional letters.
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Gotahoe.com
Kathryn Chmurny
North County
Calif
Chris Queen
Livingston County
Mich
Daily Press
Privacy Rules Reflect Fight Over Medical Data
As new federal privacy standards near effect, health care groups push to delay or weaken them arguing costly burdens. Critics say the rules empower patients to review, correct, and control disclosures of medical records, while industry and political fundraising rise in response.
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White House
Bush Administration
Hmos
Congress
Department of Health and Human Services
John McCain
Russ Feingold
U.S. News & World Report
Washington
American Enterprise Institute
Clarence Thomas
Thomas
Warren Buffett
George Soros
Bill Gates
Daddy
Rockefellers
Buffett
Tax cuts demand spending cuts amid public split on surplus
The piece argues for cutting government programs to fund tax cuts, citing Citizens Against Government Waste estimates of potential savings. It highlights farm subsidies for peanuts, America Reads, steel subsidies, EDA, Market Access, Rural Utilities, and energy programs as wasteful, urging privatization and program scrapping to reduce debt and satisfy voters.
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Alahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
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McVeigh
Ted Bundy
John Wayne Gacey
Supreme Court
Louis D. Brandeis
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Waco
Texas
Branch Davidian
Oklahoma City
Murrah Federal Building
Citizens Against Government
CAGW
Clinton
U.S
Burger King
Dole
Purina
Sunkist
Vail
Colo
Hilton Head
S.C
Potomac
Tennessee Valley Authority
California
Govt-Waste
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