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Nice turtle story [“Race for survival,” Please vote for Jan Shields. As a highly
October 23]. Really interesting read. competent nurse, she knows how to get all
Much love to the people camping out the details before acting and puts the
there to help these creatures survive. needs of her constituency first. Please vote
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“The Hypnotist at the Maui County Fair” great to see some people are fighting continue supporting tax increases on the
to help them survive. poor and granting state subsidies to big
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turn every pebble into a rock. It’s low Christ was a real historical person [Letters,
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class and insulting to the people that “Biblical Quibble,” October 9]. To do so,
know better. Muslim Americans have however, is kind of like saying, “For lack of
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President. The lady’s argument would A.D.). The earliest Gospels are copies writ-
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because he is “black.” Cheers to administrator there at the time (he was
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