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      <title><![CDATA[Bennington Banner: Opinion]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Forum to spotlight area&rsquo;s composite manufacturers]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday June 19, 2013    
Workers with a specific skill set are needed for manufacturing jobs that are available in the Bennington area. That sentiment was recently echoed by Peter Odierna, executive director of the nonprofit Bennington County Industrial Corporation, as well as by area employers.



With the hopes of educating the public on what kinds of careers are available and what kind]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:21:51 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letters: Save Manchester OPEN flags]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday June 19, 2013    
Question for retailers and restauranteurs: We recently received a message from Lee Krohn asking us to stop hanging our OPEN flag from the front porch of the Fresh Market. Apparently flags (signs) of this type are not permitted in the retail zones of the Manchester.   



I responded to his request by telling him that everywhere you go in town, businesses are using]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:21:49 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Freedom of too much information]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday June 19, 2013    
Tina Dupuy



We are all celebrities now. Ever since we won Time Magazine&rsquo;s Person of the Year in 2006, the same year we first found out about the National Security Administration spying on us, we&rsquo;ve all become essentially public figures.



It&rsquo;s the new equality: We are all stars!]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:21:47 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Fertility rites]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday June 19, 2013    
Kathleen Parker



Distilled to a slogan, politics of late goes something like this: "I&rsquo;m more fertile than you are."



It seems fecundity is emerging as the best argument for public office, policy or even citizenship. What was once an unconscious appraisal -- Is this person strong, healthy and vital?]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:21:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The heady breath of scandal]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday June 18, 2013    
Alden Graves



After months of trying to rev up the Benghazi tragedy into a vehicle capable of running down Hillary Clinton's presidential aspirations and the subsequent failure of the IRS scandal to gain any real political traction, it must be downright frustrating to those in Washington with vested (read invested) interests when revelations of widespread]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:01:30 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[This will not end well]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday June 18, 2013    
Eugene Robinson



In Syria, the Obama administration seems to be stumbling back to the future: An old-fashioned proxy war, complete with the usual shadowy CIA arms-running operation, the traditional plan to prop up ostensible "moderates" whose prospects are doubtful and, of course, the customary shaky grasp of what the fighting is really about.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:15:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letters: That is NOT the permanent door at Oldcastle&rsquo;s new home!]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday June 18, 2013    
As renovations continue at the new home of Oldcastle Theatre Company on Main Street we want to assure all those concerned citizens that we are waiting for the arrival of our permanent front door. We have a temporary door in place until the real door arrives. The door is on order and has been delayed but it is coming.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:15:43 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letters: Thanks for your help when I fell]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday June 17, 2013    




At approximately 7:45 a.m., on Tuesday, June 4, while taking my daily walk, I fell at the intersection of County Street and Benmont Avenue.



As I lay in the street trying to get my bearings, several people got out of their cars and came to help me. One woman helped me to sit up, a man ran to call the Rescue Squad, while another man asked me questions to see if]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:19:54 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Left compliant on violating civil liberties]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday June 17, 2013    
Dana Milbank



Where have all the liberals gone? President Obama, who as a Democratic senator accused the Bush administration of violating civil liberties in the name of security, now vigorously defends his own administration&rsquo;s collection of Americans&rsquo; phone records and Internet activities.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:42:12 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Great Gatsby economics]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday June 17, 2013    
E.J. Dionne



You don&rsquo;t need me to tell you, but it&rsquo;s a whole lot tougher leading a garage band than being a superstar. What you might not have known is just how much harder.



If you want an example of growing inequality, try the rock &lsquo;n&rsquo; roll industry.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:42:10 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Roses to area high school graduates. Now go make your mark.]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday June 15, 2013    




ROSES to Mount Anthony Union High School graduates. Your education has only just begun.

ROSES to MAU senior (now graduate) Jon Polen, who last Saturday shattered his own school record and a 19-year-old state record in the 110-meter hurdles at the New England track and field championships.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:59:33 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vermont&rsquo;s Wounded Warriors]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday June 15, 2013    




A public spirited friend of mine, who had served on numerous town boards and committees recently told me, "the good you try to do doesn&rsquo;t always do you good." I can say that this quote does not apply to the committee that I have the privilege and honor to serve on.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:59:16 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[It takes a community]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday June 15, 2013    




Thanks to great community support, the Shires of Vermont Marathon on May 19 was a big success. All proceeds from the event go to help United Counseling Service provide life-changing opportunities for children and families in our community.



This year, 451 runners signed up representing 35 states and 5 foreign countries and including about 40 runners who were]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:59:10 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earthworms and forests: Maybe not so bad?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday June 15, 2013    




Aldo Leopold, a famous conservationist, once wrote: "One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds." This whole idea puts nature writers in an odd position. On the one hand, it&rsquo;s our job to raise the alarm when we see something amiss, but on the other, we run the risk of spending so much time dwelling on]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:59:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[On DNA, Scalia was right]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday June 14, 2013    
Eugene Robinson



The Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling last week allowing police to compel DNA samples from persons arrested for serious offenses will solve cold cases around the country, putting dangerous criminals behind bars. But despite this clearly beneficial impact, the court&rsquo;s 5-4 ruling was wrong -- and may be more far-reaching than we can now imagine.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:54:50 EDT]]></pubDate>
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