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~Arl~;~ders: I ani"amale reader whO' s i very much interested in the letter signed "Finding My Way in Tampa." The writer was saying hDWimportant it is to' have life" insurance. Please let YDurreaders
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she has today, in case tragedy strikes. It seems my experience with the untimely death Dfmy wife is'becDming all too CDmmDn. JA. in PensacDla, Fla. Dear PensaCola: NO'Dne can sQ'unda warning

ing. In a hushed auditDrium,the sDundDfcrinkling cellDphanecan be heard clear acrDSS the room. ThDse with dry thrDats ShDuldbring a bottle af water, which seems to'be quite fashiDna.blethese days.I have seen wamen in mink caats
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as effectively as someone whO'has ~'beenthere," and sable stales carrying bottled water'to' the and YDU certainly have. The idea that a wife Wb,D theater and the apera, nO"less. It's cansidered is a hDmemakerShDuldbe cDveredby insurance chic. may seem like a needless luxury, but YDU have
pointed DUtthat it cDuldbe a godsend. Thank YDU Dear Ann Landers: My husband likes to' tell Dn behalf Df all my read~rs whO' heard YDur the grandchildren his versiDn af haw we met. I wake-up call.

"..> idea fDra man to' carry <:~ I'" life insurance Dn his wife, whether Dr nDt she
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;'!JI ,works Dutside the hDme. ,':::; Several years agO', my. wife died Df breast '1 'Cancer,leaving me a widDwerat the age Df35.We )ladtwD children, 6 and 8 years Df age. I did nDt ~have life insurance Dn my wife. FDrtunately, I ::'had enDugh savings to' take care Df the funeral ",'...nd burial expenses withDUt borrDwing, but , :-S)here wasn't much left Dver. ''''''; , ,,::" I soon discDvered I cDuld nDt prDvide the ,;':"Stable hDme-life envirDnment that my wife had 'i';''5upplied, and went thrDugh Dne child-care pro,,"'...~

Dear4AALan4ers: I was it1 an a\lditDrium , recent1~,llsteniIlg to'.;a; peaker, when~~meone s

seated beh!nc:l me pull~d DUta piece Dfcat:>.dyand

want to'set the recard straight. He tells them he saw a nDtean a wall that said, "Far a good time, ~ Dawn~~: then says he called me, and I He pickedhim up and took him to'a matel, where we

sPentthe night.

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,,,,~:~der fter anDther.I had to'cut way back Dnmy a ::wDrkinghDurs,which did nDt endear me to'my ' < emplDyer and co-wDrkers when they hadta pick ~'up the slack. I became odependent Dn a IDt Df 'peoplefDra IDngtime.
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Myadviceis this:BothspousesshDuld"get life,

~f:insurancepolicies that will enable either DnetQ , '~tOtegon: YQu have;!: i'.t-maintain the independence and lifestyle 'he Df "andr~ope the candy man "",
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Here is the real stary: While attending cDllege, I warked part time as a van driver for a matel that had cDntracts with local trucking cDmpanies.One night, while wDrkingthe graveyard shift, I was called to' pick up a trucker and bring him back to'the matel. It was IDveat first sight. We'vebeen married 13years,have a blendwas unableto'cDncentrate D~iithepeaker. s ed family Qfnine children and eight grandchilI dan't expect 'that clods' will realize hDW dren and are very happy. - Dawn in Missauri disruptive they are, so1wauld like to'address my Dear Missouri:I hape yaur grandchildren see camplaint to'the candy industry. Whycan't manthis. Thanks fDrwriting: "~ ' at~~P~? [ 'Hq ,1]1,1'clflygu have'i~t problem and need adVi~, write to Ann be " "'~~ ,.", n:(:.n ",'
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proceeded to"unwrap it. The cellDphan~made such a racket, YDU CDuld hear it ~rDm far away as as the balcDny.The person DbviDUSly assumed the nDise wDuld be less annDying if she unwrapped the candy SlDwly.The result was a prQtracted "~rinlde, ,crinkle, crinlde," wllich went DnfDrqUitesometime.It wasso annDying,I

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