To the editor:
The lack of health care reform is hurting the entire country. There is no need for this problem to go on for one more day. Americans want action now.
Martha Scott
Amesbury
Opinion
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Gisele and Mitt share a common problem
Big Freddy was tapping his morning newspaper with one hand while reaching for his coffee cup with the other when I joined him.
"What's this all about?" I asked.
"Idle thoughts," Freddy said.
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David M. Shribman: Eisenhower statue should reflect role he played in nation's history
In World War II, he tamed America's allies and conquered its adversaries. As a conservative college president, he defended liberal professors caught in a virulent red scare. As NATO commander, he projected strength without projecting force. In the White House, he presided over the sort of peace and prosperity that today's presidential candidates can't plausibly promise.
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Barbara Anderson: Speedy Registry visit leaves less time for reading, more for thinking
So there I was, sitting on a comfortable bench at the Registry of Motor Vehicles office at the Liberty Tree Mall and reading Robert Kelly's 2011 book on "the closest presidential elections," which I'd been saving for election year 2012.
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Jetty repairs are a saving grace
Welcome news arrived this week that will go a long way toward fixing a big part of what ails Plum Island.
The Army Corps of Engineers has set aside $3.5 million for emergency repairs to the island's south jetty, the half-mile-long granite jetty that has contributed to erosion on the island. The money will be used to rebuild the slumping jetty to its designed height, which will prevent currents from washing through its breached sections. -
Where do we go from here?
Having lived to what was once known as "a great age," I find myself dealing with what I hadn't seen coming. It wasn't there when I was born, and it wasn't there when I came home from the great war more than a half century ago.
- Between faith and real estate
- Pedestrian path not worth safety, cost
- Land for school said to be sand pit
- February 9, 2012
- The incredible, shrinking Romney
- An outstanding duo for 48 years
- Another year, another downgrade
- No need for another CVS
- Another way to show pets love
- February 8, 2012
- Slow wheels of justice in officer's firing
- Unified community college system could help close 'skills gap'
- Speak up against MBTA plans
- Opposed to relicensing of N-plant
- Thanks for N-plant relicensing vote
- Fundraiser meant so much to us
- February 7, 2012
- Our View: Giants New England's latest New York-area nemesis
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Gisele and Mitt share a common problem
Recording Superstar Whitney Houston Dead at 48
Fans 'Speechless' Over Houston's Death
Romney Tops Santorum in CPAC Straw Poll
First glimpse of Blue Ivy Carter
Absolute Lin-sanity
Hate to be Rude: Bubba Watson
Peek inside Barbie's closet
Test on Comforter in Powell Unit Shows Blood
Angry Dad Shoots Teens Laptop
Hero Driver Saves Kids From Burning Bus
Funeral to be held for Powell boys
Sandusky on having to stay inside and people turning on him
Uzbek Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Kill Obama
Woolly Mammoth Caught on Camera?
Did JLo 'Assault' Marc Anthony on Camera?
Christie Brinkley's Runway Slip
Toddler forced to run half-naked in snow
Halle Wants to Leave the Country
Northern Lights shine above earth
Plane makes perfect belly landing
