MISSOURIANA

Residents of St. Louis can pretty well take major problems, such as the sale of Monsanto, in stride. But when Mark McGwire has back problems, civic chaos ensues.

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Everyone knows predicting the weather is an art. But no one seems to know whether it's found in studying atmospheric conditions or asking Uncle Clem if his lumbago is acting up.

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The trouble most of us encounter when it comes to resolving the questions of governmental spending is that even when we don't think about it, it's still going on.

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Another loophole has been discovered in the teen-age drunken driving law, which isn't surprising considering the expertise of the adult loophole experts who wrote it.