Serious shopper born to shop declares holiday aisles a battlefield
A humorous shopper proclaims elite consumer instincts after holidays, boasting supercharged sale vision and extreme price tag urgency. The piece humorously contrasts decisive buying prowess with slow, indecisive shoppers who dawdle in fitting rooms and comparisons, leaving peak bargains gone.
Shopping Sagas and Witty Winters Lines
A witty shopper narrator riffs on shopping obsessions and marital quirks. Tales include a blouse decision, a gift shop sting, and a humorous take on material life, urging brisk buys and the lure of commerce amid everyday relationships.
Imagination at heart widowed seeks romance and clocked nerves
Dear Abby columns present varied pleas from readers seeking romance, safety, and social guidance. A widow longs for a phone call of invitation to dinner and a movie, a chided concern about X ray clothing safety, a cautionary tale about beer and surgery, and a young woman seeking dating advice. Abby normalizes romance, warns about overreaching, and directs a reader to a booklet for further guidance.
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Abby
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Hamsters Show Mourning Like Humans After Mate Loss
A rare Siberian dwarf hamster breed forms mating pairs and, when separated from mates, males display weight gain and social withdrawal similar to human depression. National Institute of Mental Health researchers near Washington, D.C., study these behaviors to guide antidepressant testing and understand differing brain changes after mate loss versus other separations.
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Siberia
National Institutes of Mental Health
Jacqueline Crawley
National Institutes of Mental
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Santa statuary tops Kovels auction prices in 1983 84
Samuel A. Robb carved Santa from 1923 drew top folk art price at Sotheby's New York selling for 44000. Kovels list covers top sellers from September 1983 to September 1984. The Gospels of Henry the Lion led overall art sales, fetching 11925100 at Sotheby's London in 1983.
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Sotheby’s
New York
Ralph and
Terry Kovel
Henry the Lion
Herrmann
Brunswick
Lower Saxony
Germany
Sotheby's
London
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