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How to Duck a Suckah’

Terri Schlichenmeyer

Mar 27 2009

Big Boom

Your last relationship started out well, but it fizzled, fast.

You thought the guy before that was Mr. Right, but he thought he was always right. He didn’t last long. The guy before him was hot, but he was chillin’ with another woman. And the guy before that?

Don’t even go there.

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Spike Lee

Gail Choice | OW Contributor

Mar 27 2009

More than a super talent

All hail Spike Lee! Perhaps one of the most important American in cinema today, Lee recently received the Behind the Lens Award presented by Chrysler LLC at their Sixth Annual “Behnd the Lens” Awards.

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Spelling Bee winners

OW Staff

Mar 27 2009

54th Street ES student wins Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza championship

Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza (BHCP) officials proudly announce that fifth grader Jessica Robinson of the 54th Street Elementary School is the 2008 BHCP Kids’ Spelling Bee champ.

Robinson beat second-place finisher Winston Ludlow of St. Bernadette Elementary School by spelling the word “usurp” in the bonus round of the champion finals that were held March 22, 2003in BHCP’s Sears Court. Chauntel Browden of Tom Bradley Elementary School finished third.

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‘The Long Fall’

Terri Schlichenmeyer

Mar 26 2009

by Walter Mosley

The buzzword for today is “networking.”

Networking is easy; you’ve probably been doing it all your life and barely realized it. You tell friends about a good hairdresser, a decent mechanic, a trustworthy housecleaner. They, in turn, give you names of a good accountant, a decent tutor, a trustworthy babysitter. You make connections. You put people in touch with others.

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