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The Slice archive for Feb. 3, 2014

MONDAY, FEB. 3, 2014

A favorite Super Bowl commercial 

Here's a note from my friend Steve Heaps. "Since I am a prostate cancer survivor still undergoing Periodic Stimulation of Anxiety (PSA) tests, the Super Bowl Chevy World Cancer Day commercial brought Karen and I to tears. The song with the lyric 'Don't leave me'…

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Notable letter to the editor

I am trying to remember the last time I opened up a copy of the New Yorker magazine and saw that the first letter to the editor was from someone in Spokane. Drawing a blank. But that happened just the other day. Cannot remember the…

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Spokane -- a top city for romance  

In fact, it is America's ninth most romantic city, according to a list you are certain to hear about this week. Alas, the whole thing is such utter nonsense The Slice Blog will not waste another second of your time with it. (But if you…

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More icebox memories 

As noted in today's column, I received more icebox recollections than I could use. But before we close the door on this, here are just a few more. "The kids always followed the truck and the iceman would give them ice chips." -- Dorothy Tait…

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