Streats, 17 January 2001

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WEDNESDAY 17 January 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • 502 1  -  Lawyers charged Ex-cop convicted by KAREN WONG YOU might think it is okay to retrieve or copy some files from your office computer for your personal use. But those few keystrokes on your keyboard could land you in hot legal soup. Two lawyers
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  • morning rush
    • 66 1 FOLLOWING PM Goh Chok Tong’s call for a more charitable Singaporean society, NTUC has set up the Income Half-Percent Club with more than 100 initial members. It was launched by Mr Matthias Yao, Deputy Secretary-General of NTUC and Minister of State without Portfolio yesterday. Members will contribute
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    • 68 1 DESPITE predictions of an economic slowdown in the US, the Singapore Tourism Board is confident it can attract more than 8 million visitors this year Last year’s record was 7.7 million. The STB says it has lined up blockbuster events for the rest of the year, such
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    • 90 1 ‘mssMmmm u a, Venu mm lnl|Biißfrr- k Her boobs threatened to play peek boo as Williams struggled in her Australian Open opening match thanks to her latest on-court fashion statement. "No, no, I didn't design that one," said tennises star-fas undergi of the Less on Page:. You look so cute,
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 302 2  -  by I KHUSHWANT SINGH CAUGHT red-handed, the would-be thief brazenly stayed put, glared and swore at the residents who foiled him. At about 7.50 am on Monday, Mr Wang Toon Liang, 26, an engineer, was walking to his car in the Block 67 Commonwealth Drive
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    • 191 2  -  by DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM FOUR St Andrew’s Secondary School boys stole $11,500 worth of audio equipment from the school. But for all the trouble they went to, they didn’t end up with a single cent. Instead, they have to be home by 10pm every day. David
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    • news scan
      • 76 2 TWO new life sciences courses will be offered under the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA). And one of the courses could help produce more effective drugs for diseases. The Masters and PhD programmes are on molecular engineering of biological and chemical systems, and computer science. SMA courses are
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      • 118 2 ONG Seow Wah, 29, stole a wallet and split the cash with a friend. For that, both he and his friend, Ng Kwee Heng, 27, were sentenced to six months’ jail each. On Saturday, Ong stole a wallet, containing $127, belonging to Kelvin Lam, 20, who
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      • 105 2 MOHAMMAD Taufik Bin Mustafa, 30, probably thought he found a way to make easy money when he decided to steal from his girlfriend’s relative. He landed in jail instead. Mohammad Taufik moved in with the relative at Block 209 Boon Lay Place in September. In November,
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    • 57 2 In the Interchange column on Jan 15, we ran Streats reader Giovannic’s letter entitled “Handphone runaround” in which he complained about the sevenday handphone exchange policy of a shop at The Concourse he identified as a Wywy Affinity Store. The Wywy Group has clarified that it does not have
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    • 288 3 IT takes a teenager to talk to a teenager. Teens are far more likely to listen to their peers when it comes to persuading them to behave in a particular way, as they see them as role models. This advice comes from
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    • Article, Illustration
      51 3 A giant green anaconda ushers in the Year of the Snake at the Singapore Zoo. Three female anacondas imported from Guyana, South America are on display at the zoo starting this Sunday. The largest (right) is 15 years old, six metres long and weighs 80kg. Pic: Choo Chwee
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    • 173 3  -  by KHUSWANT SINGH six Vietnamese women, aged 32 to 48, were charged in court yesterday with intention to commit theft. Last Saturday, a team of 12 officers on watch in Chinatown noticed three women behaving suspiciously on Pagoda Street. The officers followed them
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    • 250 3  -  by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM HE didn’t have a job but had to have his stout. So Michael Reis, decided to steal his stout not once but twice. On Jan 13, the unemployed 53-year-old walked into Prime Supermarket at Block 845 Yishun Street
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    • 117 3 onekindact. Jennifer Quek On Jan 6,1 was at Giant hypermarket in Jurong with my family. My son was coughing badly. So I decided to buy some menthol cough sweets for him. As the supermarket was packed with customers, I asked one customer in line
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    • 232 5 "I WANT to be able to make a difference in people’s lives.” A simple philosophy but one that motivates medical social worker Goh Soon Noi to giving her all to her work. A commitment and passion that won her the Outstanding Social Worker Award 2000. The
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    • 183 5 NTUC Income is the first business organisation that has set up its own HalfPercent Club, following PM Goh’s call to foster a philanthropic culture. At the launch yesterday, the NTUC Income chief executive officer Mr Tan Kin Lian explained how members will contribute their
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    • Just a minute
      • 67 5 Here's a chance to help the intellectually-disabled to find jobs. The Marine Parade Community Development Council (CDC) and Bizi ink Centre have introduced a project which teaches the less privileged to earn a living as domestic cleaners. So if you live in Marine Parade and need someone
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      • 36 5 Airport travellers can now enjoy a free sip of wine or brandy when they check in at Changi Airport. Duty-free retailer DFS has introduced a bar at its liquor and tobacco store at Terminal 2.
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      • 58 5 Good news for aspiring photographers. The Association of Women For Action and Research and The Photographic Society of Singapore have started a competition-cum-exhibition. Just snap women working in various arenas. Cash prizes totalling $10,500 and goodie bags will be given to winners. There are categories for youths,
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      • 62 5 The north-east monsoon is here so you can forget about seeing the sun today. Instead, expect cloudy skies with occasional rain. Temperatures will reach a high of2B°C. High tide will hit 2.4 m at 5.11 pm. Your weather girl is Sweats reader Cheryl Soh. Outfit from
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    • 236 6 betweenthelines Ĕ mn six months or so, port operator PSA Corp will spin off its huge property interests prior to a listing on the Singapore Exchange. Initially, the properties will go to Temasek Holdings, the big government holding company But Temasek is expected
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    • 596 6 LAST Saturday, somewhere between my locks and a hot place, something happened to make me feel sleek and considerably younger than my 28 years. To use a hair-dressing term, I “rebonded” my hair To use a layman’s term, I fried it and laid it to the side.
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 287 8 -ap KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Sri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has criticised ethnic Malays for blowing affirmative action opportunities aimed at benefitting them. Dr Mahathir cited the example of businessmen over-borrowing on loans made cheaply to Malays and not repaying them or using
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    • 178 8 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesian police yesterday renewed their efforts to break into an alleged bunker under the house of the fugitive son of former president Suharto. On Monday, forensics police equipped with jack hammers and drills spent the whole day trying to open the
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    • 185 8 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Syndicates are using “ant soldiers” children as young as nine to smuggle sacks of Thai rice across the Malaysian border to Kelantan. Children aged nine to 17 are paid between 50 sen and one ringgit (25 to 50 cents) for each
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    • 194 9 -AFP SINGAPORE Indonesia is beginning to reap the benefits of its economic reforms, Trade Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said yesterday, urging investors not to be distracted by violence wracking the country. The upbeat message contrasted with opinions, such as a recent Asian Development Bank
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    • 200 9 AP BRISBANE Australian tourism officials yesterday unveiled an advertising campaign in Europe to counter claims it takes too long to explore the delights of their continent. The campaign comes as the latest Transport Department statistics reveal that the number of people flying in and
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      • 113 11 Reuters BEIJING North Korean leader Kim Jong-ll was reported to be on a secret visit to China yesterday, in what would be only his second known official trip abroad in 18 years. The Chinese Foreign Ministry and the North Korean embassy in Beijing profess ignorance of
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      • 82 11 Reuters CANBERRA Australia said yesterday its customs officers have intercepted an Indonesian ferry carrying 151 illegal immigrants off the country’s north-west coast,the third such vessel blocked this year. A surveillance plane spotted the ship carrying 148 people of middle-eastern origin along with three Indonesian crew on
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      • 74 11 AP JAKARTA Four militiamen accused of murdering UN aid workers last September failed to turn up at court yesterday claiming illness as their lawyers argued that the trial should be moved to West Timor. Meanwhile, visiting UN General Assembly president Harri Holkeri said the United Nations will
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      • 77 11 AP SYDNEY Women remain a tiny minority on the boards of Australian companies, holding just 3.4 per cent of the directorships of pub-licly-listed firms, according to a study. The study by Ms Alison Sheridan of the University of New England said the typical profile of a
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    • 46 11 gofigure. Singapore was the world's busiest port in terms of shipping tonnage in 1999. At any one time there are more than 800 ships in port. In 1999,141,523 vessels with a shipping tonnage of 877 million gross tonnes called at the port.
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    • 253 11 Reuters BEIJING China will start a massive project, first dreamt up in 1951, to divert water from the Yangtze in the south to the parched north, the China Daily said yesterday. The State Council, or cabinet, was
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  • Streatsmart global
    • news scan
      • 96 13 Reuters PARIS- Over 75 per cent of people have erotic fantasies but less than half bring them to life. Hot-blooded Latins led the way, with 95 per cent of Argentinians and Chileans polled saying they had fantasies. The Japanese were last, with only half admitting to erotic
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      • 75 13 Reuters ZURICH A Swiss jet was grounded for a day while crews searched for a mouse on board. The mouse eventually turned up dead in the cockpit. Some 200 passengers were stranded overnight when Swiss authorities banned the Balair charter jet from taking off until the mouse
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      • 78 13 Reuters LONDON In a bizarre ritual enacted once a century some of Oxford’s top academics paraded around college with a decoy duck on a pole. The event commemorates the chase after a huge wild duck which flew out of a drain during 15th century building work
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      • 77 13 Reuters TORONTO A herd of 141 fibreglass moose went up for sale this week as Toronto auctioned off some of the painted, decorated animals that have stood guard outside city banks and stores for months. The life-sized hulks were part of a Moose in the City
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      • 96 13 Reuters TOKYO A Japanese public bathhouse, criticised for refusing to admit foreigners in the past, may be sued by three people who say their rights were breached by not being allowed to enter, Kyodo news agency said yesterday. One of the plaintiffs, a US-born male who
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    • 238 15 Reuters WASHINGTON Four days before leaving office, the Clinton administration will unveil new measures to help eliminate sweatshops and abusive child labour conditions around the world. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Labour Secretary Alexis Herman and Gene Sperling, director
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    • 193 15 -AFP LONDON A British lawyer is to sue French and Greek airlines over a blood clot he suffered after flying with them, according to press reports yesterday. The Daily Telegraph reported that 35-year-old Lars Lewis, who works for law firm Richards Butler, is to
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    • 242 15 Reuters SAN SALVADOR As he lay trapped by rubble after the earthquake in El Salvador, Sergio Moreno dreamed of the beer he would share with his best friend when he was freed. But late on Monday, as he lay unconscious in hospital after having his
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    • 281 15 AP Money comes from trust fund set up by two researchers betting on human lifespan MOSCOW, Idaho Two researchers have placed a bet on what the world record will be for a human life span and the jackpot is payable in
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    • 64 15 webcites. The annual Speak Mandarin Campaign is here again. There are a host of activities you can do at the official site at Mandarin.org.sg. Besides sending CNY ecards to your friends, there are also simple language lessons, comics and the history of Chinese festivals to read on.
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  • Streatsmart people
    • 181 16 AP TOKYO Prosecutors arrested a ruling party lawmaker yesterday on suspicion that he took bribes from the head of a business cooperative. Takao Koyama, 57, of the Liberal Democratic Party, was arrested after being questioned for several hours at the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors
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    • 329 16 Reuters WASHINGTON Film diva Elizabeth Taylor, who has been married eight times, vowed during an interview never to tie the knot again, although she said she could live with a man again if he had a good sense of humour. Taylor, 68, told
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    • 132 16 AP WEST PALM BEACH, Florida Donald Trump has banned a golfer who killed one of his prize swans from all of his properties worldwide. Mr Cyril Wagner, who was playing at the Trump International Golf Club as the guest of a member, told investigators that
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  • easy STREATS
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      445 17  -  by ARTI MULCHAND Th t'd t h t d 9 I ih 5 t young, fell into slump recently and is supposedly recovering. Clarke Quay, with its flea markets and retail outlets initially set out to be a place for families. But that is no more. On Sunday,
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    • 309 18  -  by CARAVAN MIRIAH WHEN the URA announced its decision in 1986 to preserve Boat Quay as part of an urban conservation plan for the Singapore River, it was a turning point for the river bank. A decade ago Boat Quay was the place to see
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV...
        • 58 18 9pm, HBO (SCV 60) This programme records the conquest of the world by Australia’s hottest band, Savage Garden. Shot A across four weeks on < the road around i Australia, this special I shows a different side I of the band known for hits like
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        • 59 18 10.30 pm, Channel 8 Henry’s sister, Joyce, attempts suicide after breaking up with her boyfriend. At the hospital, Henry bumps into his father whom he hates. The latter had broken up with Henry’s mother because of his womanising. Meanwhile, Orange confronts Henry when she suspects that he’s
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        • 39 18 10pm, Central Kenny Bee stars in this comedy set in the Taiwanese countryside in the early 80s. It’s about a young schoolteacher from Taipei, his lively pupils and his love affair with a colleague.
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        • 64 18 3pm, VV entertainment (SCVS6) 3pm, V V Entertainment (SCV 56) Set in Shanghai in the late 40s, two lovers, Qiu and Jin sacrifice everything for the communist revolution. They both gave up their lives for the common cause and their supporters remember them, especially their daughter
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    • 292 20 IS Jennifer Lopez a talented singer or did she just get lucky? She carries a tune in her debut album, On the 6, but her vocals are weak and thin. More often than not, they are over-powered by the lush instrumentation of the melodies. This is
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    • 413 21  -  by Yvonne Kwok TV Works unveils its newest actress and new sitcom MEDIAWORKS' English channel, TV Works, is banking on a girl from a handphone shop to win the sitcom stakes. Titled, Ah Girl, the half-hour comedy focuses on a 21-year-old salesgirl named Maggie, a typical
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    • 297 25 Just 1 one question. I would ask my company for more paid leave. Right now I have 14 days of paid annual leave. That's just barely enough to take a nice holiday. Ideally I would like about a
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    • easyStreats pick & choose
      • 155 27 WHAT a big boo-boo Karen Mok made at the press conference on Monday for her concert in Hongkong. The sultry singer-actress happily announced to press and guests present that high fashion brand name Celine had picked her to be their spokeswoman for the Asia-Pacific,
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      • 160 27 HONGKONG actor LTao Dayu will be starring in a i raunchy show Isoon. I But if you think you’re going to the AuntieKiller’s bare bod, y think again. ar The show he’s involved in is actually a radio play titled 38 degrees Celsius In Bed,
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      • 162 27 MEDIAWORKS artistes Evelyn Tan and Bryan Wong certainly had their fair share of experiences in Hongkong. Both are currently there to film the medical drama Xia Gu Ren Xin. And being overseas had apparently brought out the blur side of Evelyn.
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    • easyStreats sports people
      • 250 28 Wire services MELBOURNE On Monday it was Anna Kournikova’s turn to reveal a new bodyhugging outfit. Today, world No 3 Venus Williams took the fashion battle a step ahead, revealing more than even the glamorous Kournikova. The Wimbledon and US Open champion came into
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      • 189 28 LONDON Alan Shearer has been earmarked as a future coach of England and will be put on a fast-track route to becoming an integral part of Sven Goran Eriksson’s regime, reports soccernet.com. The website reported that he has already been sounded out about joining
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      • 202 28 LONDON England manager Sven Goran Eriksson has been hoaxed into revealing some of his England plans to a radio presenter pretending to be Kevin Keegan, reports Sun Online. The Swede thought that he was taking a good-luck call from his predecessor as manager But it
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      • 312 29 Reuters MELBOURNE -World No. 1 Martina Hingis made a whirlwind start to the Australian Open yesterday, crushing Hungarian Katalin Marosi-Aracama 6-1,6-1. Third seed Venus Williams, the Wimbledon and US Open champion, struggled through her first-round match against Spanish qualifier Maria Jose Martinez 6-3,2-6,6-0. Her low-cut, blue-and-black
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      • 111 29 -AFP MELBOURNE -Yevgeny Kafelnikov says it will be difficult for Marat Safin to lord it over him as the premier Russian player after the youngster’s trailblazing season last year. Kafelnikov concedes Safin, 20, deserves to be ranked ahead of him after finishing last year as
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      • 289 30 -AP NEW YORK- Jeff Van Gundy arrived just in time to take the brunt of Marcus Camby’s blow. But the New York Knicks coach probably will not be able to prevent the player’s suspension. In a bizarre game, a blow-out turned into
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      • 398 31 Reuters TUCSON, Arizona Garrett Willis won the weather-delayed Tucson Open in his first tournament as a PGA Tour member, defeating Kevin Sutherland by one stroke on Monday. The 27-year-old compiled a four-round total of 273,15 under par. Sutherland, whose last round was a 68, finished
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      • 223 31 JAN POULSEN’S debut as Singapore’s national coach ended in defeat on Monday but he is still optimistic. The Dane sounded cheerful when he described the Lions’ 1-3 defeat by United Arab Emirates champion Al-Nasr, which has seven UAE internationals as well as Iranian World
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 356 24 WEDNESDAY Q 17 January 2001 111 V The story is about... Yuan Jian Ping who gets more than he bargained for when he enrols at Zhong A natural busybody, ha suddenly finds himself involved in everything, from girl problems to gang fights; from baseball Most of all, he never expected
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 350 25 WEDNESDAY The story so far. Jet black blood oozed from Xiao Yuer'sarm. He had been poisoned by a pliable sword embedded in the green snake, and had only one Celestial Beasts were after the swallow it than let them have it. Immediately, a giant green spiral uncurled and fell from
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    • 486 27 Your Daily Horoscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com mumms JAN 20-FEB 18 Language carries too much power to be used carelessly. If your day passes in slow motion, you have extra seconds to censor your thoughts before speaking them. Responsible behaviour earns you more credits than usual. PISCES FEB 19-MAR
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