Back to basics in school education urged nationwide
Readers praise a Charles Osgood essay praising strong schooling while criticizing bilingual courses. A Mesa, Arizona reader urges return to math and sciences, and to dropouts facing job markets. A Newport News daughter seeks help protecting her 90 year old mother from ongoing scams, considering legal guardianship.
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Ann Landers
John
Grand Junction
Colo
Charles Osgood
America
Italy
Tom
Mesa
Aziz
Dear Heloise: E-mail vs snail-mail letters and hair
A reader column discusses reader emails about hair length and online communication. It notes two examples from readers, the responses from George and Mr Bob, and reflects on email’s speed and informality while preserving the core message of personal letters.
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Heloise
George
Bob
Understanding angioedema in a daughter’s swelling lips and tongue
Dr Donohue explains angioedema as fluid leakage under the skin similar to hives. An allergist should guide testing for triggers like pollens foods and medicines, with a food diary to spot correlations. If triggers elude detection, non sedating antihistamines such as loratadine or cetirizine may help, and doxepin can reduce symptoms though may cause sleepiness.
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Mom
FBI
Newport News
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer Across and Down
A readable crossword puzzle appears with many clues and hints for entries like Tommy Lee, phrases, and various wordplay prompts. The page lists Across and Down clues, some garbled by OCR, including references to names, abbreviations, and themed wordplay.
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Tommy Lee
Neeparal
Billy's
Figet Paris
Brooks O Gibson
Nigl
Salaam
Ongue-tay
Disco Atyle
Andro
Adolph
Volante
Lemieux
Gota
Carolina Secret
Paul
Buchman
Tin Man
Clementine
Veatercay
King Features
Nyc
Gilbert
OWL
Chumbawamba
Blondie
Heaven
Leroy
Valready Enjous
Ewinia
Garfif
Tin
Beetle Bailey
Baby Blues
Amm
Aman
Ci Seeta
Hey, Dilberts
Sona i
Kos
Patou
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