Tag: bryce
member name: Tim Bryce
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November 06, 2009 06:31 AM EST --
For over 40 years I have been a loyal follower of NBC news. It began in the 1960's with the Huntley-Brinkley report which I still consider the preeminent newscast of all time, better than both Walter . . .
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June 06, 2008 07:00 AM EDT --
I think we all have some sort of love/hate relationship with Walmart. Nobody WANTS to go there, yet you are inevitably seduced by their low prices. I guess this is why you see all walks of mankind sauntering . . .
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October 14, 2009 07:43 AM EDT --
When you hear the name "Rush Limbaugh" mentioned by liberals and the press, the adjectives "controversial", "polarizing", "bombastic", "inflammatory", and "shock-jock" are often mentioned. Actually, such . . .
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February 05, 2008 07:40 AM EST --
Years ago we used to use the local "service station" for basic car repairs, such as tune-ups, lube jobs, tire rotations, oil changes, etc. There was usually a senior guy there who you trusted . . .
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November 05, 2008 09:15 AM EST --
Sen. Barack Hussein Obama, II was elected 44th President of the United States last night under the mantra of "Change." The press hailed this as a "historic" decision, then again, anytime . . .
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December 26, 2008 07:56 AM EST --
Caroline Haynes is my new hero. A lot of you may be saying "Who the heck is Caroline Haynes?" , particularly those of you outside of the United Kingdom, but Ms. Haynes is a school principal . . .
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January 13, 2009 07:01 AM EST --
As we get older we're very much inclined to talk about the good old days. I'm sure I've bored my kids to death over what happened back in the 1950's, 60's, and 70's. My parents . . .
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February 17, 2009 07:28 AM EST --
The World Health Organization recently reported that by 2010 cancer will replace heart disease as the number one global killer. I was a little surprised to learn this as I had always thought of cancer . . .
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February 27, 2009 07:23 AM EST --
Following the release of one of my more politically inclined columns, I was accused by a reader of being an ultra conservative. The reader based his comments on established stereotypes of conservatives . . .
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June 12, 2009 06:29 AM EDT --
We all want to believe that practicing good ethics in both our personal and professional lives is the right thing to do; that we should not wrong, cheat, or defraud others. The reality though is we have . . .
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November 03, 2009 06:58 AM EST --
Back in the early 1980's there was a big push for "quality" in the work place. The sudden interest came about after it was discovered the Japanese were overtaking the Americans in building superior products. . . .
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October 16, 2009 06:45 AM EDT --
I have been mowing lawns for 46 years now. When I was a kid in Connecticut, my family had a reel mower; you know, one of those plain push mowers where the blades twirl faster as you push the mower. When . . .
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April 22, 2008 07:17 AM EDT --
I was on the road recently and stopped at a newsstand to pick up some cigars. When I'm home I usually go to my local cigar shop and pick up some cigars out of the wooden boxes in the humidor room. . . .
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July 15, 2008 07:01 AM EDT --
Nobody likes to admit making a mistake. We tend to believe it makes us look bad in the eyes of our coworkers, friends and particularly the boss. It's a real test of our integrity. Some people like . . .
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August 29, 2008 07:18 AM EDT --
Have you ever noticed how people try to make their problems yours? Let me give you an example, we have a small garbage dumpster next to our office building and other people began using it to dump their . . .
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December 09, 2008 06:32 AM EST --
I want to talk about something that has been bothering me for a long time now, namely cheating, which may seem trite but it is something that has become rather pervasive these days, almost to the point . . .
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May 08, 2009 06:51 AM EDT --
Shortly after graduating from high school I went to work at a large amusement park in Cincinnati for a summer where I ran the cable car ride. I had a lot of smaller jobs while in school, but this was . . .
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June 24, 2008 07:29 AM EDT --
As most of you know, the Pope visited the United States last April. This was mostly a public relations event aimed at mending fences with American Catholics who have become disillusioned due to the recent . . .
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November 14, 2008 06:57 AM EST --
Failure is something we don't handle very well as a species. You would think we would be better at it since we all experience some form of failure in our lives, from major blunders to minor snafus. . . .
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May 15, 2009 06:49 AM EDT --
You can learn a lot from a supermarket. For example, if you want to know what a community is really like, visit the local supermarket. To me, it is a microcosm of the community, complete with local cuisine, . . .
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