THE NEW WAY TO SMOKE IN PUBLICGerman Restaurant owner Michael Windisch smokes a cigarette through his new invention, a special series of holes in the wall of his restaurant, Goslar. He claims he made holes in the wall so the smokers can put their head and arms through and smoke while staying war
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12/30/2007
In parts one and two of this three part series on sub-prime rate mortgages, I drew a somewhat interesting, albeit loose, parallel between the current situation and what is known as the Panic of 1907.Further, I outlined the plan of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's that he hopes will bring relief
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12/30/2007
It's a spectacular afternoon in the park this Sunday. The Dallas sky is a clear almost New Mexico sort of blue, and it's a dry forty-eight degrees. Church bells are chiming in the distance.Thanks for stopping by for our weekly visit. This year it became apparent to me that those who do not cel
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12/30/2007
In the first of this three part series, we noted that those of us with an interest in the history and the workings of the U.S. economy have found an interesting paradox brewing in the wings. Here's a summary. In October, 1907, a bank-owner named F.A. Heinze made a major sp
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12/29/2007
Students of U.S. economics have zeroed in on an interesting paradox. I'm one of them who has. (This will be a three part series offering the facts and my personal analysis of what we can expect the outcome to be.) It was in October, 1907, that the U.S. financial
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12/29/2007
Recently I told of encounters with two friends who, although well past 80, are easily keeping up with, if not ahead of, most people one-half their ages. (Bob and Jane)Frank Jewett, an ActiveRainer who teaches computer technology to real estate professionals in San Jose, California, read the piece
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12/29/2007
The Sunday morning before Thanksgiving I noticed I was getting That Feeling in my throat. It's the one I always try to intellectually overcome by reasoning it will go away.But it never does, and by Thanksgiving I had a full-blown case of the crud.Now I'm not hot on going to doctors unless it's a
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12/27/2007
3150 STONE CREEKGRAPEVINE, TEXAS$211,000This is a lovely home for relaxed family living and for entertaining friends and neighbors. Grapevine is the rapidly growing bedroom community serving Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and the many ancillary businesses its proximity has attracted.Whe
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12/26/2007
Ducky Wucky Was Santa to Crazy Frank, Pee Wee, Dirty Gertie and the Rest By Dallas Realtor Bill CherryI may have told you this story before. It's one that Christie "The Beachcomber" Mitchell told me long ago. It happened one Christmas Eve about 10 years after the war.<==Big Band Leader Buddy Kir
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12/23/2007
