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• Withering Glance: Cheer up, America, and 'Get to yes'
  Rick Nelson and Claude Peck dispense unasked-for advice about clothing, etiquette, culture, relationships, grooming and more.
  
• Withering Glance: Now, like, listen to exactly how we, like, talk. So.
  Rick Nelson and Claude Peck dispense unasked-for advice about clothing, etiquette, culture, relationships, grooming and more.
  
• Withering Glance: We're applauding these urban developments
  From the watery Fountains of ING to the grassy ballfield of De LaSalle, some civic improvements worth crowing about.
  
• Withering Glance: When on the phone, are you counting the minutes?
  Withering Glance: When it comes to communicating, are you an over or an under?
  
• Withering Glance: Stewing about cooking
  In this cherished old column, Claude ponders a passing ambition to become more of a kitchen magician.
  
• Withering Glance: Texting not the only driver distraction
  If you're going to ban drivers from texting, consider putting the kibosh on these other in-car activities.
  
• Withering Glance: 'Staycation' truly is a trip to nowhere
  Rick had lots of lofty plans for his stay-in-town vacation. Meh.
  
• Withering Glance: The sun, the moon and the stars. In that order.
  Withering Glance gloms onto the instant-runoff system, for everything.
  
• Withering Glance: Things we hate, with a flourish
  Periodically, we have to clean out the closet and state what we find irksome. Only then may we move on.
  
• Withering Glance: Uptown fans' plea: Clean up your act
  First-run movies? Sure. But when they land at the long-neglected Uptown theater, you are in for a "Brokeback Mountain."
  
• Withering Glance: In search of the germ-free greeting
  The H1N1 virus may have one positive fallout: less robust forms of greeting.
  
• Pet Shop Boys: Always on our mind
  What has given Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe their staying power as gay-pop icons?
  
• Withering Glance: Read this, or risk buying the wrong jeans
  Amid a bewildering array of denim, we offer a few gems of essential advice.
  
• Withering Glance: Cozying up to a blanket with sleeves
  Staying warm, no matter the style faux pas
  
• Withering Glance: At the tone, please don’t leave a message
  Has voicemail gone the way of the dodo, or the personal check? It ought to.
  
• Withering Glance: The glitter, the glamour, the Iveys
  A night when the words "theater community" are on everyone's lips.