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RELEASE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999.
Dear Readers: Several readers have written to say it was easier to get off cocaine than …Read more.
RELEASE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999.
Dear Ann Landers: Ten years ago, I was diagnosed with kidney disease. My mother told me …Read more.
RELEASE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999.
Dear Ann Landers: Too many parents have no idea what goes on all day in school, and yet, …Read more.
RELEASE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2012
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999.
Dear Ann Landers: I am the mother of a very confused 5-year-old boy. His father and I …Read more.
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Classic Ann Landers (R), February 21Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999. Dear Ann Landers: I am writing this letter to alert parents (especially those who have teenage daughters) of a danger we never knew existed until our own daughter had a mental breakdown. She took five different diet pills and laxatives — all legal, over-the-counter drugs. Our daughter is now on the road to recovery, and the doctors tell us she is a very lucky girl. Had she continued to use these pills and laxatives, they could have killed her. While most parents worry about illegal drugs, pills that are as easy to purchase as a candy bar can do just as much harm. Please, Ann, tell your readers not to take diet pills unless they are prescribed by a doctor who will monitor them periodically. Let them know that taking more pills will not help them lose weight faster, but will only speed up their metabolism temporarily — increasing their appetite and causing them to eat more. We consider ourselves very lucky that our daughter was given a second chance. — Long Island, N.Y. Dear Long Island: Too many people, especially young women, will do almost anything to be thin. They don't realize they may be risking their health, and possibly their lives. Thank you for taking the time to warn them. Dear Ann Landers: Here is another one for your "stupid crooks" collection.
Dear D.A.: I did, and I'm sure my readers will, too. Thanks for sending it on. For nearly 20 years, he feasted for free. Now, the man the Dutch have dubbed "The Dinner Pirate" will have to make do with jailhouse grub for a while. A judge in the city of Leeuwarden ordered the felon diner to serve a three-month jail term after he confessed to ordering meals and wine at restaurants around the Netherlands and pleading poverty when the bill came. Police said the 54-year-old former tour bus driver with a taste for Chinese and Indian cuisine began his caper in the early 1980s and now has a police file 33 pages thick. He was arrested after visiting the same restaurant twice within two weeks. Dear Readers: Free gourmet food for 20 years? I'd say he was a fairly astute operator, and the authorities in Leeuwarden were a bit slow on the uptake. Feeling pressured to have sex? How informed are you? Write for Ann Landers' booklet "Sex and the Teenager." Send a self-addressed, long, business-sized envelope and a check or money order for $3.75 (this includes postage and handling) to: Teens, c/o Ann Landers, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045. To find out more about Ann Landers and read her past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. ANN LANDERS (R) COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS.COM ANN LANDERS 1/1/99 Page 11
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