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Sunday, February 20, 2005 Artist brings costumes to life Sunday, February 20, 2005 This must be the surface of a strange moon, sifted with pale dust. Obi-Wan Kenobi is here. Longer days arouse animals in Lawrence Sunday, February 13, 2005 I've braced for months against the cold and been sobered by the long, dark nights. |
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Pesky weed lurks in cheap grass seed
Thursday, April 28, 2005 With the gentle rain and cool temperatures, most lawns will need to be mowed every five to seven days. However, one plant popping up this year in great quantities needs to be mowed almost daily. Orchardgrass is a long-lived perennial bunch grass that has become a weed in many home lawns. |
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Lawrence congregations stay focused on mission, not divisiveness
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 The decision of an Overland Park church to split from the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas shouldn't have any fallout in Lawrence, a local pastor said Monday. |
How high do you predict gas prices will get this summer?
"I’ll guess $3.40 around here. Things seem tenuous with the oil supply, so I can see it getting that high. I hope not, but I can see it happening."
— Steve Bradt, brewer, Lawrence
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Lawrence Henderson isn't worried about young people losing interest in the bootlegging and illegal gambling of the 1930s. "As long as we have the History Channel, people are going to know about gangsters," Henderson says. "There's an American love affair with gangsters." And that, in part, is what keeps interest alive in "Guys and Dolls," which Henderson stars in starting Friday at University Theatre. The musical, by Manhattan-born Damon Runyon, tells the story of Nathan Detroit, who is desperate to find money for his crap game. He bets friend Sky Masterson $1,000 that Masterson can't convince a local Salvation Army girl, Sgt. Sarah Brown, to go to Cuba with him. When Masterson wins the bet and ends up falling in love with Brown, he bets the members of the crap game that if he wins a roll of the dice, they will all have to go to the Salvation Army. He wins, and the gamblers visit the mission and repent of their sins.Full story.
Congressional Briefing: Moore won't explain Armenian genocide 'flip-flop'
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