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| The School District of Palm Beach County pays 13 (count ‘em, folks) full-time attorneys, not to mention more than a dozen outside law firms annually.
To say that this reflects our litigious society begs the question.
To say that this also affirms the need to split one of the 10 largest school districts in the nation illustrates that assertion.
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| When an ophthalmologist, or any physician, looks into the back of your eyes, he or she can visualize the blood vessels, the nerve and the other structures at the back of the eye (the fundus). We use a special light, an ophthalmoscope, which enables us to see thru the pupil. The view of the fundus gives an amazing panoramic view of the eye and of your health (eye and body). |
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| The reality of a primarily video world is that humans react to (spend little time thinking about) what’s visual, and respond to (spend more time thinking about) what’s read.
But there are outlandish exceptions.
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| The School District of Palm Beach County pays 13 (count ‘em, folks) full-time attorneys, not to mention more than a dozen outside law firms annually.
To say that this reflects our litigious society begs the question.
To say that this also affirms the need to split one of the 10 largest school districts in the nation illustrates that assertion.
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| The New Literates
Like previous decades, we are faced in this decade with different words and phrases -- so-called "catch phrases."
There was the hip talk of 'heavy, man, heavy' in the 60's, the 'gag me with a spoon' (preferably silver) Valley Girl rhetoric of the 70's.
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| A letter writer on this page echoes the premise of a previous editorial that noted in 2007 the City of Boca Raton issued 21,130 moving violation citations. That’s 57.8 tickets every single day of 2007 - or 2.4 tickets every hour of every day in 2007. |
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| The following was recently received – (and you don’t want to know how many spelling errors have been corrected.)
“Hi! I'm sure you've received letters already in reference to what awful treatment of the chickens at the KFC factories. PETA is asking KFC to eliminate the worst abuses of the chickens raised and killed for its restaurants.
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| The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) has voted to terminate Florida Power and Light Company’s (FPL) Sunshine Energy Program and to place any future customer contributions into an escrow account. |
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| In 2005, County Commission Chairperson Addie Greene angered many when she said that any black youth approached by police should “run and find the biggest crowd of people. If he doesn’t, he will be killed.” |
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| During a Young Republicans Club sponsored campaign stop in Miami several years ago, the Boca Raton News heard gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist spend several minutes telling an approving audience about his support for public/private partnerships |
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