Word: minne
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quit this Thursday as part of the American Cancer Society's 22nd annual Great American Smokeout. One in 4 smokers is expected at least to try kicking the habit. Nobody says it will be easy. A national survey made public last week by the Hazelden Foundation of Center City, Minn., found that it took former smokers, on average, at least 10 attempts over 18 years before they finally stopped for good. The No. 1 reason for quitting, cited by more than half of all ex-smokers: health concerns or an actual health problem, like suffering a heart attack...
...Orleans at Minn...
...Redskins vs. Vikings, 1988 NFL Play-Off Game: D.C. Mayor Barry and St. Paul, Minn., Mayor Latimer promised that whoever lost would plow snow during the other city's first snowstorm...
Cops in Blue Earth County, Minn., like those in many other places, carry laptops that enable them to tap into a statewide database and find out if a driver they've stopped for a traffic violation has any arrest warrants outstanding. The officers make 10 to 12 arrests a week, vs. two or three in pre-laptop days. That might count as measurable productivity, but how to quantify the benefit to society of haling lawbreakers into court rather than letting them roam free...
Hillary may do for divorce what Betty Ford did for breast cancer--beat it and change our attitudes toward it. KAREN LILLEY St. Paul, Minn...