Mr. WINTER: Well, I'm William Winter, a former governor of Mississippi, and I would say to my friends and my fellow Mississippians, my fellow citizens who have suffered so much as a result of Hurricane Katrina that I applaud the courage, the steadfastness with which you have emerged from this tragedy.

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I'm one of the latter set: The notion of entering a store on Black Friday is about as appealing to me as a dentist appointment in the dead of winter, but I'm quite happy to pick off some good online deals.

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In his language, what he meant was that, since the weather was good, we could leave the next day for the winter ascent of the Tooth of M.

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It's 3 p.m. on a bleak winter Sunday in Foxborough, Mass.

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"I'm an avid indoorsman when it comes to winter, " Mr. Lutz said.

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Beyond that, I'm looking forward to a good break over the winter!

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She traces a wandering adolescence and young adulthood hungry for purpose and sanctuary, from working as an underage cocktail waitress and in robotic catering gigs to winter backpacking in Europe and earning a MFA at U of M.

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The waste heat is converted into cooling capacity, and the small heat surplus is dumped into aquifers 300 m below ground level, where it is stored and recovered in winter.

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"I feel real good about where I'm at, " said White, a sinkerball pitcher acquired in a winter trade from Colorado.

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