News coverage of the month-long battle between Israel and Hamas has triggered strong reaction among readers of some daily newspapers, particularly The New York Times.
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8/13/14
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Stephanie Feuer, attended a meeting at her son’s middle school, five years ago, that addressed the dangers of online predators. FBI officials warned students that you never really know who you are communicating with behind the computer screen.
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By Allison Leshowitz
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7/9/14
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I can tell the truth now. I picked a novel for one of my book groups last month that I didn’t think most people would like.
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12/12/13
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After Atlantic Beach resident Hilary Grossman began dating her now husband, Marc, she thought their relationship was something many women experience and could relate to — dating a commitment-phobic man.
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By Ann Friedman
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10/30/13
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“The Yellow Birds,” by Kevin Powers, should be required reading. The debut novel tells the story of two young American soldiers fighting their way through Al Tafar province in Iraq in 2004.
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5/23/13
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The book’s front cover looks friendly, uplifting even. The title –– “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” –– is set against an azure sky flecked by wispy white clouds.
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3/21/13
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The further I get from home, sailing along the New Zealand coast, the smaller the issues seem that once fixed my attention on the news.
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1/31/13
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My first guest column, “Reforming New York’s dysfunctional state government” was published in the Herald back in August 2010. It addressed political and operational irresponsibility in Albany and noted that if not corrected, they could lead to a new phase of fiscal instability beyond anyone’s imagination.
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Hal Peterson
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4/18/12
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First of two parts.
In 1965, Morris Kramer, a 30-year-old bachelor who lived in Atlantic Beach with his mother, claimed that the Lawrence Public School District and the State of New York were discriminating against him.
Kramer owned no property and had no children in the schools, so, by state law at the time, he couldn’t vote in a school district election. That, he said, violated his constitutional rights.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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4/18/12
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I always considered Portugal to be good travel value. It was interesting for me to learn that the New York Times agreed with me and considers Lisbon a bargain.
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MARCIA ABRAMSOM
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2/23/11
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