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Eloise's Mother's Day surprise
Nanny takes Eloise shopping for the \"best best best\" Mother's Day gifts.
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Eloise and the dinosaurs
Phillip and Nanny are taking Eloise to see the dinosaurs, but will she behave?
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CUPPED EAR TO HEAVENS IS BROKE RADIO DISHES SCANNING FOR LIFE ARE MOTHBALLED
\"There is a huge irony,\" said Jill Tarter, director of the Center for SETI Research, \"that a time when we discover so many planets to look at, we don't have the operating funds to listen.\" SETI senior astronomer Seth Shostak compared the project's suspension to \"the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria being put into dry dock. ... This is about exploration, and we want to keep the thing operational. ... \"Honestly, if everybody contributed just 3 extra cents on their 1040 tax forms, we could find out if we have cosmic company.\" Rob Hawley of the Peninsula Astronomical Society in California called it \"unfortunate,\" saying the Allen array was \"a wonderful experiment.\"
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Boehner prods Senate Democrats to put a budget proposal on the table
House GOP leaders also announced they will vote Friday to make their proposal for $61 billion in cuts the \"law of the land\" if the Senate fails to act by April 8, when the current spending bill expires.
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SLEUTHS SNIFF OUT BOASTFUL STUDENTS
\"We expect integrity,\" said Han Mi Yoon-Wu, admissions coordinator for the 10-campus university system. Although falsification is not a major problem, she said, \"students need to know that they might be selected, and they should make sure that everything on the application is accurate.\" \"The system in California is quite unique,\" said David Hawkins of the National Association for College Admission Counseling. \"Colleges have always kept an eye out for suspicious-looking essays that might have been plagiarized, but few bother to actually check.\" In January U.C. sent letters to 1,000 applicants for the 2010 freshman class asking them for evidence to support claims made in their \"personal statements\" and lists of accomplishment. The application cops do not target suspects; rather they employ a vast, random but high-stakes process designed to keep students honest. Their biggest weapon: the fear factor they may pick yours.
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THRIFT STORES THRIVING AS THE ECONOMY TAKES ITS TOLL, THE SALVATION ARMY AND GOODWILL TRY TO ATTRACT BROADER CLIENTELE
\"People, I think, are getting smart in the economy,\" said Teri Mairet, manager of a thrift store in Gladstone, Mo. \"And telling their neighbor, 'Hey, look what I got. Guess how much I paid.' \" As the organization begins closing smaller stores and replacing them with superstores, \"everything that comes into the store stays right there,\" he said. \"So now it's your neighbor's stuff. It's nice stuff.\" Goodwill also has been opening superstores. \"I believe the old saying, 'You've got about three to eight seconds to make an impression,' \" he said. \"And when I have a customer walk in, I want them to go, 'Wow, wow, wow.' \"
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