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         <title><![CDATA[Don't panic about aliens on sticks]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[March holds a special spot in my heart. It heralds the arrival of spring, always has St. Pat's Day and sometimes has Easter, and is my birth month.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By LISA SHELDON</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:37 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Column: Look out the window to see our quality of life]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The damage inflicted by America's sputtering economy is made even worse by our relative isolation out here in the Massachusetts outback.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By BILL DONOVAN</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:36 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Column: A fond farewell to my friend Larry]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[How exhilarating it is to be exposed to really excellent teaching. I've been fortunate, having experienced great teaching from grade school through graduate school.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By DAVE FEHR</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:26:58 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ode to chocolate chip cookies]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[At this time of year, nothing makes the house smell better than the scent of freshly baked cookies. Chocolate chip cookies, to be exact.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By DIANA ELVIN</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:26:42 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Dancing along the dingy days]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[In second grade, my teacher, in an attempt to rid us all of our inexplicable mid-winter kid depression, told us that "March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By NICHOLE DUPONT</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:26:36 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Column: Haiti and hypocrisy]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[There's an old baseball saying that illustrates the batter's frustration with trying to put a small sphere in play approaching him at 100 miles per hour: "If you think it's so easy, go grab a bat.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By TELLY HALKIAS</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:26:35 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Column: Why are we talking taxis in Adams?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The canary in the coal mine may be keeling over in Williamstown. But here in the mother town all is well.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By BILL DONOVAN</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:25:55 EST]]></pubDate>
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