The Clicker as a Threat to Equal Marriage
Ellen Goodman argues in The Gazette that the television remote controls gender dynamics in marriage. Men dominate channel surfing while women face mind numbness from endless flashes. several remedies are proposed including taking turns, two TVs, or hiding the clicker.
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Oston
Institute For Happily Ever After Living
HEAL
Interstate repair on I 80 and I 280 in Scott County
Davenport announces Interstate 80 and Interstate 280 repairs in Scott County from milepost 278 to 306 for I 80 and zero to nine for I 80 to 9 miles total closure. One lane closed each direction for up to four miles. Hawkeye Paving Corp of Bettendorf is contractor on a $370000 project expected to finish by July 1.
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Scott County
Davenport
Iowa Department of Transportation
Hawkeye Paving Corp. of
Bettendorf
Public Opinion Poll Questions On Education And Environment
A reader poll asks if parents are satisfied with the quality of their child’s school and refers to yesterday’s question on support for the president’s stance that environmental issues can be tackled without harming jobs or growth. TELUS notes it is a non scientific sampling with 177 responses.
Wife Author Bharati Mukherjee Book Review Snapshot
A compact critique contrasts Dimple Dasgupta in Wife to Mukherjee’s Jasmine and The Tiger’s Daughter. It notes Dimple’s pull between Indian family values and American modernity, with a darker tone and themes of identity, sanity, and illusion amid television soap imagery.
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Mukherjee
Dimple Dasgupta
Jasmine
Dimple
St. Anthony
Charles Solomon
May 20 Iowa events include aging conference and concerts
The Des Moines venue hosts Governor's Conference on Aging at the Convention Center with speaker Kaye Braaten addressing policy and cross generational cooperation. Registration ranges from 25 to 50 dollars. music by Monte Pascoal at Iowa City and a Regis High School finale features diverse choirs and Sharon Garvey as guest. Recycling at Randall Foods details acceptable materials and collection times. City and county meetings are listed in Cedar Rapids, Elkader, Linn County, Kirkwood, Highland, Marion, Hiawatha, Sigourney, and Lansing through the evening.
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Des Moines Convention Center
Kaye Braaten
National Association of Counties
America
Monte Pascoal
John W Colloton Atrium
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Project Art
Richard J. Breitbach
Regis High School
Sharon Garvey
Chicago Lyric Opera
Cedar Rapids
Marion Creative Events Council
10Th Ave
Hiawatha City Council
Sigourney City Council
City
Eastern Allamakee Community School Board
Lansing Middle School
CITYLINE Calendar details for Cedar Rapids and Io wa City
Calendar of events listed for CITYLINE with contact numbers Cedar Rapids 363 7000 and Io wa City 337 7000. Provides regional listing access point for upcoming activities and event information.
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Midwest
Cityline
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Product Safety Hotline For Reporting Unsafe Items
Consumers may call the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission toll free hot line at 1 800 638 2772 to report an unsafe product or a product related injury.
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U.S
Consumer Products Safety Commission
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