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What would my father say, if he could, about the just published volume of his letters? You first notice its heft--almost 900 pages, if you count notes and acknowledgments. He might shrug, smile mischievously and say something like, "Gee, these editors must have had too much time on their hands to spend so much of it collecting my letters." Lifting the book, I thought about the weight of a life. We leave imprints of ourselves on this earth: memories, relationships, accomplishments as well as mistakes. All have weight. So do letters; they mark the paths between human beings...
...LOWBALL YOUR TRADE-IN. This is the sixth month in a row that used-car prices have gone up, according to CNW data. So when you head to the dealer, have an idea of what your car is worth. But don't count on Blue Book value; instead go to your Sunday newspaper's classified section and see what other folks are getting for their six-year-old Mustangs with 40,000 miles...
...filling page after page with what he calls “compulsive” notes on the process. Kidder accompanied Farmer on innumerable red-eye flights and hiked to house-calls in the Haitian countryside, staining his notes with sweat. “Frankly, I’ve lost count of the times I went to Haiti,” Kidder says. In January of 2000, Farmer recalls, the author spent the full month with him, “pretty much 24/7...
...Preseason is over,” Barber said. “We definitely know that the results start to count now. It’s good that we’ve played teams close [so far], but we can’t lose close games anymore...
...might look at our 1-6 record and feel it is discouraging,” Gartland said. “Not us. We know we can work to improve, and win the games that count...