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Can Common Ground Prevail? (HuffingtonPost.com)

HuffingtonPost.com - When it comes to the abortion conflict in the US a fascinating new consensus is emerging: the need for common ground.

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Eartha Kitt: An Anti-War Patriot (The Nation)

The Nation - The Nation -- Forty years ago, America's cultural icons expressed the frustratation of the American people with the failure of then-President Lyndon Johnson to end this country's undeclared war in Vietnam by boldly demanding peace.

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Letters to the Editor (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Help the hungry and jobless by donating unwanted fruitIn regard to the Dec. 22 article, "As hunger rises in US, so do creative ways to help": Three times a year, I fill my station wagon with grapefruit from my huge, 50-year old grapefruit tree and take them down to the Sacramento Food Bank to share with others. They're the biggest and most beautiful grapefruits in California!

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Save the economy: bail out our kids (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - With the global economy in turmoil, there is tremendous uncertainty and urgency as the new administration prepares to settle into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. We know that national priorities are being reshuffled and that it will cost trillions of dollars to address the home-mortgage crisis, proposed bailouts of the banking, insurance, and automobile industries, two foreign wars, and climate change.

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