Hospitals can receive drastically different outcomes from the different entities, according to Mark Valliere, chief medical officer at Mercy Medical …
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Hospitals can receive drastically different outcomes from the different entities, according to Mark Valliere, chief medical officer at Mercy Medical …
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My letter on Mexican-American immigrants, Oct. 8, 2012, a catalyst for pending immigration reform legislation, was mailed Oct. 8, 2012, …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2013 2:09 pm4524d ago
In the past at the White House, President John F. Kennedy initiated a program to launch Americans into space, put …
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The Senate and House are working to pass a new farm bill this year. Sadly, both chambers have proposed to …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2013 2:08 pm4524d ago
$1.3 billion. A lot of autistic children, mentally handicapped adults, mentally ill teens and others who were born with monumental …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2013 2:07 pm4524d ago
It is a pleasure to drive either north or southbound on Interstate 380 by Exit 18 (Wilson Avenue SW) and …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2013 12:51 pm4526d ago
Forty-nine years ago I came to Toledo when my parents went to work as cottage parents at the Iowa Juvenile …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2013 12:44 pm4526d ago
I’ve noticed several small wooden patios going up in what used to be street parking in downtown Cedar Rapids, especially …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2013 12:29 pm4526d ago
America has been held hostage for nearly three decades by racism diatribes designed more to deepen divisions and offenses of …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2013 12:04 pm4527d ago
Does anyone else agree that this city’s administration is way out of control with reckless spending? FEMA moneys used for …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2013 12:03 pm4527d ago
This summer, there have been two or three articles in The Gazette concerning golf in the Cedar Rapids area. It …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2013 12:02 pm4527d ago
Clearly Jonah Goldberg, writer of the Aug. 5 derogatory column, “Hillary Clinton just isn’t all that interesting,” must never have …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2013 12:01 pm4527d ago
Voluntary nutrient reduction strategy from a producer viewpoint. If you look back 40 years, most of the crop land was …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 9, 2013 12:01 pm4528d ago
A recent letter (“Passive policing not respectful to people,” Aug. 5, by Jeffrey Kocur) suggested that traffic cameras are disrespectful …
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