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- TECH HEAD
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- In Brief
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- Kick All the Tires First
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- Grading the Teachers
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- TODAY'S GAMES
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- 'A Pure Formality'
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- Smart Aleck
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- Kennedy Fumbles Away Game
- Tiller Cultivates Winning Feeling
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- They Came From Sticks to See Hicks
- TODAY'S GAME
- Well, Why Not 'Jackie O'?
- Firm's Intentions Key to Ex-Worker's Benefits
- Insurance Series to Begin Tuesday
- The Right Way to Pay for Financial Advice May Not Be the Obvious One
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- EAT ME.<i> By Linda Jaivin</i> .<i> Broadway Books: 242 pp., $20</i>
- The Love Line
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- All Hams on Deck
- Mexican Cartels Tied to State's Pot Groves
- Wilson to Pen Last Chapter of 'Textbook' Secession Bill
- A New Look for Sunday Life & Style
- LIQUID CITY
- Burglary Alleged Behind Bounty Hunter Killings
- Walkin' Tall
- Switch in L.A. School Tests Blurs the Results
- Time Is Now to Make Toast to the Gipper
- 'I'll Take It' Does Not Compute
- A Say in the Park
- Panthers Re-Sign Center Niedermayer
- In the End, Bruins Didn't Need Brawn
- Semoran Upsets Distorted Humor in Kentucky Cup
- Semoran Upsets Distorted Humor in Kentucky Cup
- Park Tired of Being Under Microscope
- In Brief
- Gonzalez Is Hurting Other Teams Now
- Golden West Wins Cuesta Tournament
- Auburn Offense Comes to Life, Finishes Off Mississippi
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- Sisters in Arms
- Artist in Residence
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- India Bids Farewell to 'Mother'
- Valet Dudes
- Rocketdyne's Most Enduring Legacy May Be Toxic
- LAX Chief Admits to Lapses in Man's Release
- Smaller Universal Plan Still Too Large for Area
- TOP 25 AT A GLANCE
- Chapman Opens Season With Loss in Washington
- Powell Expects Full Recovery After Colon Cancer Surgery
- Candiotti a Hit, but It's With Astros
- Relighting 'Candle' for Di
- SMALL FACES
- A Cure for Those Bitten by Nostalgia Bug : Volkswagen to Bring Back Old Faithful
- Buying Into the Ultimate Houseboat
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