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Thanks to firefighters

These five words passed through the phone lines to my wife in August 1985. She instantly recognized them ...

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Family is the foundation of society

There is within our society an institution whose influence is of such magnitude it has no rival.

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Farewell after six years

I have had the grand privilege for the past six years of speaking to you, my community, through ...

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The beginning of the end

We’ve been caressing these crops all year.

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Beat to the punch

The idea came to me with such force just past midnight that only by willpower did I not ...

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We are on your side, peanut

Having wandered amidst you these many years and seen firsthand the noble battle you have continually waged, we ...

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All a matter of perspective

It was a structure built specifically to protect one from the elements and provide comfort for its inhabitants.

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The cornfield rain dance

Okay, I would rather this not get around. Let’s keep it just between you and me, seeing as ...

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Reducing life to math

We can measure the speed of the earth’s elliptical rotation around the sun and thus determine its exact ...

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The old man and the pea

As he maneuvered his fork, Ed Harris realized the handle must be lifted higher for the front tines ...

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