Super Bowl and Super Tuesday both events worthy of watching
Part of Our World
Dan Rather
      Every year, professional football fans hope for the big game to be a good game, too, an epic clash, a nailbiter, an upset.
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Booker T. Washington understood value of hard work and education
A heritage and a hope
Peter Johnston
      I have never regretted a side trip my family made off the beaten path returning from Florida to southeast Texas in the early 1990s. Having read about two great African Americans I wanted to visit Tuskegee, Ala. where Booker T.
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Casting a vote for Paris Hillary
Pokin' Fun
'Doc' Blakely
      When you are young you always want to be older. That's why kids say they are 4 or 16, etc. Then, like Jack Benny, you start leaning the other way about age 39. If you reach 100, then you start adding on again, with great pride like you did this all by yourself.
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Bigger definitely not better when it comes to obesity in Texas
By SEN. KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
      In Texas, we are known for bragging, "Bigger is better." From our pick-up trucks, to our linebackers, and to our cuts of beef, our state holds a premium on size. Health, however, is where this trend stops.
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