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- MILITARY RECRUITER
- LISLE IMPACT FEE HIKE AIMED AT PARKS
- `WE, TOO, SING AMERICA’
- A CENTURY OF ARCHITECTURE IN ONE EXHIBIT
- ‘TIS THE SEASON FOR GIVING
- WITH CARE, A TREE CAN LIVE ON AFTER CHRISTMAS
- CAN NOTRE DAME BLEND WINS WITH ACADEMIC GOALS?
- CHILDREN’S PARTY IS A GIFT TO COMMUNITY
- IRAQ `READY TO FACE ALL CONSEQUENCES’ OF REJECTING ARMS MONITORS
- BRITAIN’S INTERESTS CLASH WITH AGENDA OF EUROPEAN UNION
- WE SMELL A RAT
- DOWNTOWN HILLTOP SAVED AS OPEN SPACE
- 11 STEPHEN KING MOVIES
- PREMIER-DESIGNATE MEETS WITH LEADERS TO FORM CABINET
- Hanging around: The Sixers led 48-39 at…
- A&M VP HAD WARNED ABOUT BONFIRE’S RISKS
- DRAYTON ALIVE! CATS RECEIVE `D’ PRESENT
- YES INDEED, YOU WERE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
- IT’S NOT ABOUT DAY CARE, IT’S ABOUT DUTY
- RECORDS FOR THE INDEXES OFFER LITTLE CONSOLATION TO MANY STOCKS
- VIAGRA TO SPONSOR NASCAR TEAM
- HIGH-SPEED DOGFIGHT
- SLEEPING UNDER LOCK AND KEY
- HOUSING COMPROMISE WINS INITIAL APPROVAL
- CHICO RINGING BELL SO BANDS CAN PLAY
- EX-BOYFRIEND DOESN’T GET THE PICTURE
- CHURCHES TRY TO HANDLE DEMAND AMID POPULATION BOOM
- WHEN THE THERMOMETER DROPS, IT’S TIME TO STRAP ON YOUR SKATES
- CLOVER RIDGE PLANS GIVEN NOD BY BOARD
- A SECOND OPINION
- COMIC STRIP GRIND HANDLED GRANDLY BY SCHULZ OF `PEANUTS’
- YOUNG CAPTURES ECHOLS SKIRMISH
- WITH CITY’S HELP, PUBLIC’S SYMPATHY, MOST FRANGO WORKERS HAVE NEW JOBS
- ARTEST’S SHOWING IS NOTHING ARTISTIC
- The Prairie Avenue Bookshop418 S. Wabash Ave.TEL:…
- READY, SET, Y2K: CITIES BOAST BEING PREPARED
- JUST BROWSING
- MIAMI
- YOU CAN’T BUY HAPPINESS, BUT YOU CAN SHOP FOR IT
- TYING UP THOSE LOOSE ENDS
- HIGH-SPEED DOGFIGHT
- JAZZ
- BROTHER FRANCIS FINCH, 87, COACH
- ISLAND ALTERNATIVES
- “That’s my only real goal in golf….
- COMPUTER THROWAWAYS SWAMPING US BIT BY BIT
- ISRAEL, SYRIA LOOK FOR SIGNS OF GOODWILL
- THE ULTIMATE NOWHERE
- SUSPICIOUS OBJECT GETS PAST SECURITY AT O’HARE
- BORDER LINES
- HOCKEY INSTRUCTOR OFFERS CHRISTMAS CLINIC FOR CHILDREN
- GOOSE ISLAND TO HOUSE TECH UP-AND-COMERS
- JOHN KOSKINEN.
- DIGITAL DILEMMAS IN THE INFORMATION AGE
- PLAYING DOWNTOWN
- HIGH-RENT TAB FOR TAXPAYERS
- SHUTOUT ENDS IN MELEE
- FALL CAN’T STALL GYMNAST
- SHOWERED WITH TROUBLE
- ROBINSON POSITIONS SELF FOR A RICH RECEPTION
- “The Secret Garden” (Agnieszka Holland, 1993) at…
- THAT’S ODD
- PRUDENTIAL, METLIFE FACE THE MUSIC
- COPS MAKE DOC THE VICTIM FOR DOING HIS JOB
- OLD AND YOUNG FIGURE IN 69TH STREET PLANS
- REGIONAL BELL FIRM LIKELY TO GET OK TO OFFER LONG-DISTANCE SERVICE
- RIVERWALK CONCEPT FLOATS WITH COUNCIL
- DONALD FAHRENBACH, OBSTETRICIAN
- LIONS DO IT WITH MIRRORS AND MORE
- PLUTONIUM MOVE IS ON; JUDGE REFUSES INJUNCTION
- THEORY LINKS BRAIN’S REPAIR SYSTEM TO ALZHEIMER’S
- THE POWERFUL MAGIC OF PLAY
- WINDOWS NEED A FRAME TO LIGHT UP A ROOM
- NATIVE AMERICAN FINE ART ON DISPLAY
- A YOUNG MAN SEARCHES FOR AN ORDERLY LIFE
- INSPIRING AWE
- ClippingsBEST COUPLE OF HUNDRED IDEASTwo by two:…
- THE NEW FACE OF THE FAMILY
- HELPING CHILDREN THIS HOLIDAY MEANS A LOOK AT WELFARE REFORM
- ROMANOWSKI IS FINED AGAIN FOR ILLEGAL HIT ON GONZALEZ
- I bought this ornate brass-and-copper samovar at…
- RIDING ON A NEGATIVE REPUTATION
- TAKING A BOUGH
- Our son, his wife and their teenager…
- The Baltimore Orioles have signed catcher Greg…
- HAUNTED BY THE PAST
- Shannon CurfmanLoud Guitars, Big Suspicions (Arista)On the…
- A TOAST TO 1999’S BEST FILMS
- DOWNERS GROVE REVIEWS CONDO PLAN
- Ages 6-8 yearsCROCODILEBy Fred MarcellinoHarperCollins, $15.95The narrating…
- Robert M. Wrobel, president of Amalgamated Bank…
- UNDER THE TREE, A BOX FULL OF MEMORIES
- HASTERT TO ADDRESS CITY CLUB GATHERING ON PUBLIC POLICY
- SIZE OF DOWN PAYMENT IS ONLY ONE TAX FACTOR
- – I recently saw a “Chicago Hope”…
- MYSTERY TOURS
- FIRMS TAKE STEPS TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH CUSTOMERS
- FAIR WARNING
- LIGHT SHINES ON NFL VIOLENCE–AND CAN HELP CURE IT
- DELL THE HALLS
- PARTIAL CURE
- FOREIGN FILMS OFFER CHALLENGES
- LOVE, HAPPINESS AND A FAMILY TANGLE IN A CONTEMPORARY COMEDY
- 1999 WON’T BE RECORD YEAR FOR HEAT, BUT IT’S NOT FAR OFF
- PLAYOFFS READY TO VENTURE INTO FOREIGN NFL TERRITORY
- GUNMAN KILLS MAN ARMED WITH KNIFE IN A FIGHT AT WEST SIDE BARBERSHOP
- BELIEVE IT!
- NO. 1 CINCY FALLS TO XAVIER; STANFORD ROMPS
- THE TRUTH ABOUT CHUCK
- A BID FOR THE CANDIDATE BOWL
- WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?
- SPURRIER PLEADS FOR CITRUS SUPPORT
- I recently oiled furniture with what I…
- Beastie BoysThe Sounds of Science (Grand Royal)”Aahh…
- EXCUSE US, BUT THAT’S OUT, THIS IS IN AND THAT’S THAT
- THE DAY IS SO LONG AND THE…
- NOW PLAYING
- PATIENTS CURING WHAT AILS THEM
- CURE CUBA WITH CAPITAL
- OUTWIT THE OLD, AND THEN IN WITH THE NEW
- Joseph Heller, 76, author whose darkly comic…
- TIPS FOR HIRING A BABY-SITTER
- CRUISING LUXURIES GET ELEVATED
- SWEET DECISIONS
- AGITATED AMONTE LASHES OUT
- CIVIC LESSONS
- ALMIGHTY ND? NOT ANYMORE, AND IT’S SO GOOD
- VASE STIRS MEMORIES OF GRAND LIFE ON THE STAGE
- King CrimsonThe ProjeKcts (DGM)Of all the progressive…
- WHAT ARE YOUR MIAMI FAVORITES? TELL US YOUR `BESTS’ AND WIN $500
- BEING JOHN CUSACK
- GAS LIGHT
- AN ENCHANTING PAGEANT AND OTHER MEMORIES
- THE 5 TOPS
- OUT WITH THE OLD AT AUTONATION
- A STORY OF HALVES, HALVE-NOTS
- IN HOPES OF STIRRING A CULTURAL REBIRTH, WASHINGTON IS SENT TO HIS GRAVE AGAIN
- Tim Walmsley’s new “Trophy Whitetails of Illinois”…
- LANGUAGE OF THE SPIRIT
- RESPECTING ONE’S BELIEFS
- LEMAK LAWYER ASKS JUDGE TO DECLARE STATE’S INSANITY LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
- LONGTIME JUDGE EUGENE L. WACHOWSKI
- TAKING A BOUGH
- DANCENTER NORTH TO PERFORM `THE MAGIC OF THE NUTCRACKER’
- TYRANNY OF THE TYPICAL DECREES A FAILURE
- MAN ON TRACKS KILLED BY CTA TRAIN
- “Midnight in the Garden of Good and…
- PARK DISTRICT TO HOLD DANCEWEAR SALE, SWAP
- Amy BizzarriItalian instructor, Triton College/Holy Cross, River…
- CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? YACHT DEVELOPER CAN
- MAGGETTE DRAWS CROWD IN `HOME’ DEBUT
- CANADA’S FREE-MARKET TRADE POLICIES PUNCH FARMERS IN BREADBASKET
- DISNEY PARKS PLAN TO CORRAL SMOKERS
- Local angle: It has been a painful…
- WomenUCLA 108, Cal-Fullerton 75: Maylana Martin scored…
- POPE DECRIES EXECUTION OF CZECH IN 1415
- GOOD INTENTIONS, BAD CONSEQUENCES
- – On page 34 of the Dec….
- THIS TALL STORY TAKES A WHILE TO GET STARTED
- TELL US ABOUT AN INTRIGUING HOUSE
- THE REST OF THE STORY
- IS THERE A FUTURE FOR SCHOOL-TO-WORK PROGRAMS?
- . . . AS WELL AS MARSHALL
- AURORA CHRISTIAN HAS THE KNACK IN OVERTIME
- “Meet John Doe” (Frank Capra, 1941) at…
- MORATORIUM IS UNLIKELY ON PEAKER POWER UNITS
- BEATLEMANIA
- BANK DEPOSIT
- BARBIROLLI’S LEGACY REMAINS HIS PASSION FOR MUSIC
- The Schaumburg library has had to join…
- JAIL STANDOFF REPORTEDLY ENDS WITH DEAL FOR CUBANS’ RELEASE
- 103-ACRE RESIDENTIAL PLAN MOVES AHEAD
- LIVIN’ THE LIFE
- THE HOLLYWOOD 10
- TAPES REVEAL REEL STORY OF NIXON’S FIXATION ON KENNEDYS
- CITY STUDY ON O’HARE POLLUTION DRAWS FIRE
- PERKING UP THE BEARS
- POUR IT ON
- WITH TREES IN MIND, PANEL OKS 40 HOUSES
- NO DUCKING FAMILY LINKS WHEN MAKING WATERFOWLING PLANS
- Water power: If you’re having muscle cramps,…
- A GRAND TOUR
- FRESHMAN GUARDS HELP ILLINOIS STEAL BIG WIN
- It’s hard to find the right lighting…
- FRESHMAN’S FINISH PICKS UP STEVENSON
- YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
- CENTER OFFERS A VISITOR’S-EYE VIEW OF BALD EAGLES
- RING IN THE NEW
- FRANCIS L.K. HSU, 90, NU ANTHROPOLOGY PROFESSOR
- NEA HONORS MAZZA
- MAGGETTE’S CHICAGO DEBUT A REAL SIGHT
- VENEZUELA RESCUES FLOOD SURVIVORS
- 5 DIE, 27 HURT IN BOMBING AT HOTEL
- MOVERS & SHAKERS
- LOWLY BULLS TURNED INTO MAGIC DUST
- A SWIFT KICK FOR SI’S HONOR OF U.S. WOMEN
- DOG TIRED
- `DETROIT OF THE EAST’
- SHOCKING: THE GROWTH, AND EVOLUTION, OF AN OUTRAGEOUS JOCK
- SMALL GIFTS
- A NEW BOOK ILLUMINATES WRITER VLADIMIR NABOKOV’S PLACE IN THE REALM OF SCIENCE
- – I enjoyed the recent TV movie…
- MetallicaS&M (Elektra)Though these metal giants have been…
- THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN
- Andrew Corp.: John B. Scott, vice president,…
- PLAYOFFS ON THEIR MINDS, BUT SO IS NEXT SEASON
- MCCAIN WANTS TAX BREAKS FOR NATION’S BEST TEACHERS
- SANDBURG WRESTLER POLES APART FROM HIS OPPONENTS
- CHOO CHOO HULLABALOO
- HOW MODIFIED IS TOO MODIFIED?
- NEW OR OLD? A TASTY FRANGO DEBATE
- CHORALE IN MOOD FOR HOLIDAY MUSIC
- ESCAPED MURDERER, FUGITIVE PRISON GUARD ARE CAPTURED
- STATING CLAIMS
- In the days leading up to Christmas,…
- Fiction Hardcover1. TIMELINEBy Michael Crichton (Knopf $26.95)A…
- MCHENRY COUNTY AGENCIES REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO WETLANDS PRESERVATION
- NO. 1 FENWICK GIRLS SHOOT DOWN NO. 2 MARSHALL
- $6.1 MILLION BUDGET ON TRUSTEES’ DOCKET
- MULTI-USE APPROVAL CLEARS SAGE’S RETURN
- Bobsled: Christian Reich and brakeman Urs Aeberhard…
- LIBRARY TO SHOW MOVIE `LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL’
- AN AWKWARDLY TOLD TALE ABOUT THE RUINATION OF A FAMILY
- Goodie MobWorld Party (LaFace/Arista)In what appears to…
- DEFENSE HOLDS FORT, THEN BRADFORD FINDS THE MARK
- NewsboysLove Liberty Disco (Sparrow Records)In Christian music…
- An estimated 6 million children suffer from…
- ARREST OF BOMB SUSPECT RAISES FEARS OF TERRORISM IN U.S.
- At risk: An individual’s risk of having…
- MORE THAN A BILL RIDING ON LINE
- BLOOD DRIVE SLATED TO MEET HOLIDAY NEEDS
- A TOAST TO 1999’S BEST FILMS
- TENNANT AND THE `KING’
- – Is the movie “The Gathering,” with…
- HOSTEL WEB SITE OFFERS DISCOUNTS
- EUROPE SURRENDERS LAST ASIAN OUTPOST
- MERRY HOLIDAYS FOR SOME ARE MISERY FOR OTHERS
- THE POWERFUL MAGIC OF PLAY
- GUGLIOTTA RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
- ENTERTAIN WITH MEALS THAT WORK ANY TIME OF DAY
- FORGET NORTHERN EXPOSURE
- AS A MORTGAGE TOOL, CREDIT SCORING DOESN’T ALWAYS ADD UP
- EUROPE’S UNFINISHED DEFENSE AGENDA
- MAJOR ISSUE IN A MARRIAGE: THE MATTRESS
- Musica Antiqua KoelnMusica Baltica (Archiv)The unifying theme…
- DECK YOUR SHOPPING LIST WITH THESE IDEAS
- LEGENDARY EDITION
- HEAD OF ’76 NASA MARS MISSION TO LEAD PROBE OF LATEST FAILURES
- BEWARE CREDIT CARD `PROTECTION’ SCAMS
- AN EXCELLENCY’S ADVENTURE
- RYAN TAKES GUN-LAW FIGHT TO PUBLIC
- SENIOR HOUSING STUDY WILL EXAMINE MARKET
- FOR PERFECT WHITE BLOOMS, KEEP PAPERWHITES COOL
- GORE, BRADLEY SPAR MORE THAN FIGHT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE DEBATE
- FEW LEFTOVERS WORTH DEVOURING BEFORE THE END OF . . .
- BAGNATO UNFAIR TO KSU . . .
- LAKE IN THE HILLS ASKED TO DROP SUIT
- JAMES HEYWORTH, BUSINESS EXEC; HEADED REHABILITATION INSTITUTE
- HOLIDAY SEASON ADDS TO GLOW OF BENEFIT CONCERT
- UpgradesAdobe Systems (ADBE) raised to “strong buy”…
- THAT `PORN SITE’ MAY SURPRISE YOU
- MAN ACCUSED OF DEFACING PAINTING FREED WITHOUT BAIL
- EX-WAR SLAVES LOOK BACK ON NIGHTMARE
- RYAN TAKES GUN-LAW FIGHT TO PUBLIC
- CAPTURING THE STORY OF A LIFETIME FOR POSTERITY
- GA. SOUTHERN ROUTS YOUNGSTOWN ST. FOR DIV. I-AA TITLE
- VICTIM OF BRICK ATTACK GOES TO TEXAS TO RECOVER
- A LETTER TO OUR READERS
- CITY CONSIDERS NEW RENTAL UNITS
- EPA TALKS, POLLUTION SPREADS
- JURY FAVORS SHINN IN SEX CASE
- CITY TO RECONSIDER ITS TAX LEVY
- FAILURE TO HEED SAFETY RULES LED TO NUCLEAR MISHAP, PANEL FINDS
- HOWARD FRANK MOSHER RETURNS TO KINGDOM COMMON TO TELL OF A YOUNG MAN’S JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY
- Dear Tom,What were the highest and lowest…
- DUPAGE AGENCY PONDERS FRIARY FATE
- MALL HAS MAGIC IN STORE FOR KIDS
- CHARITY EXECS GET PRISON FOR NOT HALTING DRUG DEALS
- SANTA’S GIFT TO HEARTLAND: BLOOD DONATION FOR HOLIDAYS
- “Blow Out” (Brian de Palma, 1981) at…
- “Planet of the Apes” (Franklin Schaffner, 1968)…
- RETHINKING A NEED FOR `FACE TIME’
- BUMP WILL PROBABLY DISAPPEAR
- RESIDENTIAL ZONING OUT FOR EGGERT SITE
- NO RELIEF IN SIGHT FOR AIR TRAVEL COMPLAINTS
- SNAFU DELAYS EARLY PAYDAY FOR 2,000 CHICAGO TEACHERS
- NIFTY GIFT IDEAS: RIOPORT 500, MICROSOLUTIONS CD-REWRITER
- DOCTOR TO DISCUSS FAITH, HEALING EXPERIENCE
- WORLDWIDE: The U.S. State Department has warned…
- MIRACLE OF OZ
- AUSTRIAN, NOT MAIER, WINS DOWNHILL
- YOUNG RALLIES TO OVERTAKE SIMEON
- LONG LENSES
- TINLEY PARK OFFICER HURT BY CAR; SUSPECT ARRESTED
- “Marriage, Italian Style” (Vittorio De Sica, 1964)…
- Q-TipAmplified (Arista)The vaunted rhyme machine from the…
- TIMELESS TRUTHS
- ENGAGING HISTORICAL FICTION FOR YOUNG READERS
- WILD SPENDING CAN LEAD TO BAD HOLIDAY HANGOVER
- FOR SOME, THE PRESSURE COOKER FEELS JUST RIGHT
- CHICAGO TO TAMPA: $148
- SIX DAYS? NO PROBLEM. IT’S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH IN SIX DAYS WITH A LITTLE HELP. SO HERE’S A LITTLE HELP FROM US — ALONG WITH WISHES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS.
- TAKE OFF FOR THE HILLS OF OHIO FOR $199
- SUMMING UP A CENTURY
- THE CRISIS IS OVER, THE MESS LINGERS
- WARPED TOY STORY
- RUSSIANS BLOCK ROAD LEADING OUT OF CHECHNYA
- A STORY OF HALVES, HALVE-NOTS
- GIVE ‘EM HELLEBORES
- NAGGING TEACHER TO GIVE KIDNEY TO STUDENT
- ’68 POLARA WORTH $450 MORE NOW THAN THEN
- HOMER’S LESSONS
- KEN BODE
- GOOD DOG/BAD DOG
- RESIDENTIAL REVIVAL IS GOAL OF TIF SCHEME
- HAWKS NOT WIRTZ’S FAULT
- SUNDAY’S CARD TO END AN ERA AT HAWTHORNE
- HOMEOWNERS’ Y2K JITTERS STOKING NEW BOOM FOR AN OLD PROFESSION
- HISPANICS TO RE-CREATE PLIGHT OF MARY, JOSEPH WITH POSADA
- EDWARD T. RANCIC, 66, LONGTIME SCHOOLS CHIEF
- ALL DOLLED UP WITH SOMETHING TO SHOW
- AUBURN HANDS IOWA ROUGH LOSS
- MARINERS SIGN JAPANESE STAR
- CHICAGO’S WEATHER EXTREMES OF THE 20TH CENTURY
- HALL SQUALL
- `SETTLER’ MOVES ON
- WILLIAMS WILLING, IF NOT ABLE
- RAILROAD FAIR
- If the Barthelme brothers (review of “Double…
- “Carousel” (Henry King, 1956) at 10 a.m….
- AN ARTFUL TEACHER
- AMONTE BACKS UP TOUGH TALK
- HERE’S WHERE SOME HELP WOULD BE WELCOME
- ELECTION DAY, 1999
- UN ALTERING MISSION TO BOLSTER DEMOCRACY
- Which American author had a chimney in…
- SYMPHONY, SINGER TO LEAD SING-ALONG FOR THE HOLIDAYS
- LEARNING CURVE
- CORNER STORE
- CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER IS MOST IMPORTANT
- VIDEOWAVE SETS STAGE FOR AMATEUR MOVIE EDITORS
- WHEN COMPUTER FILTERS OVERCOMPENSATE
- GUEST CONDUCTOR TO LEAD CHOIR THROUGH SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
- BOTANIC GARDEN PREPARES A LIVELY WINTER FESTIVAL
- WELL-RESTED WESTINGHOUSE SHOWS OFF ITS FINE-TUNING
- NEW BREED OF CHEERLEADER JOINS THE FRAY ON THE FIELD
- GRIFFITH AWARD RETIRED
- `EAT YOUR FOOD’
- FORD WRAPS 2000 TAURUS IN SABLE UPDATES
- PORTER, EWING QUIETLY MAKE AN IMPACT
- 8 to 88 a catchy combo