Why lovers call sweet nothings sweet as Valentine talk
Anthropologist Sidney Mintz explains why terms of endearment derive from sweetness. He links love language to infant bonding, sugar culture, and historical texts, noting sweetness signals intensity in love and sex while recalling his 25 year marriage to Jackie and their Yale meeting.
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Altimore
Sidney Mintz
Johns Hopkins University
America
Paris
Mintz
Chaucer
Jackie
Yale University
County groups plan spring clean up and recycling drive
Ottawa and Franklin County groups join PRIDE and Lake Region Recycling to host a county clean-up week and recycling event April 16 through 21 with free landfill dumping. On April 21 trucks will be at Ed's Food Market and First Christian Church for residents who cannot drive to the landfill.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Ottawa’s
Franklin County
Ottawa Pride Committee
Lake Region Recycling Task Force
Ed’s
N. Main
First Christian Church
11Th and
Cedar
Fred Adamson
Pride Committee
Ottawa
Earth Team
Kathy Wiseman
Ottawa City Commission
Petitions on Ottawa DPS split questioned over signatures
The Ottawa Department of Public Safety petitions presented to city commissioners last week are challenged as a numbers game. Signatures totaled 2,593 across four petition forms seeking reinstatement of Tony DeLa Torre, Bill Wright, and Warren McGill and a split of the DPS into separate police and fire departments. City Commissioner Cal Lantis signals support for a split pending conditions, while the officers face grievance hearings. DeLa Torre’s hearing opened Friday with a verdict due within three business days.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
DPS
Tony DeLaTorre
Bill Wright
Warren McGill
The
Ann Baker
the Herald
City Commission
Pete Smith
Wright
DeLa Torre
McGill
Ottawa
DeLaTorre
Randy Wetmore
Meyers urges U S leadership on 1990s peace and issues
Congresswoman Jan Meyers told the Kansas Legislature that the United States must focus in the 1990s on managing global peace and solving problems in education, the environment, and international trade. She called education the era’s most pressing challenge and emphasized continuing U S leadership amid a changed world.
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Topeka
Kan
U.S
Jan Meyers
United States
Workers camp system frustrates workers
Barb Burnett earned a third of her $9 hourly wage after a back injury at Parsons Army ammunition plant in 1987. Now 27, she lives rent-free with her child, works as a teacher aide, and faces a stalled workers compensation case at Labette County District Court. Her award was cut from $53,457 to $23,511 after an employer appeal, illustrating what Kansas lawyers say is a pro‑employer system.
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Wichita
Kan
Barb Burnett
Army Ammunition
Parsons
Miss Burnett
Robert A. Anderson
Labette County
Art Douville
Overland Park
House Labor and Industry Committee
Anderson
Douville
Cal
Atttorneys
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Chicago Bears
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
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Nate the Great
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Sarah Jensen
Jake Hayden
Brandi Bivens
Nick Carey
Kristin Spratt
Steve Zuk
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Tom Hammond
Tony Hensley
D-Topeka
Hammond
Hensley
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