Getting the job done
      In a May 23, 2007, editorial, the News Transcript made the following statement: "Is it reasonable to assume that legislation proposed by Democrats from New Jersey will ever find the support it needs to make it through Congress and gain the signature of a Republican president of the United States? Perhaps not.
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Health implications unclear with synthetic turf fields
Guest Column
NANCY ALDERMAN
      Environment and Human Health Inc. (EHHI) is concerned about the new synthetic turf fields that are being installed by schools and towns all over this country. These fields are made of a synthetic grasslike material to which large amounts of recycled ground-up rubber tires have been added as "in-fill.
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Coda
A somber toast for the coming year (again)
GREG BEAN
      This column first appeared Jan. 4, 2006. I think it's as appropriate today as it was then. Things haven't gotten much better in the last year, and there's no clear end in sight. I hope you'll pardon the repetition, but I plan to run it every new year until our troops come home.
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Girl Talk
Look to a child for the true magic of Christmas
CLARE MARIE CELANO
      Looking back over the holidays of my past, I realize that my Christmas festivities have not only evolved, but have taken on various lives of their own.
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