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Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:00 AM

Out of great suffering comes beauty

Saginaw, Mich., might be sagging but we can admire it for producing poet and teacher Theodore Roethke, and for preserving his boyhood home.

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  • Wednesday, February 13, 2008 02:53 PM

    Anonymous

    1. What did I ever do to deserve the ill treatment? For heaven's sake.

    2. Lick me.

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