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5 signs you’re trying too hard
By Bob Strauss
There’s an old saying by the animator Chuck Jones (by way of the philosopher George Santayana): “A fanatic is someone who redoubles his effort when he’s forgotten his aim.” Jones was describing Wile E. Coyote’s relentless pursuit of the Road Runner, but this maxim also applies to your dating life. How can you tell when it’s time to unstrap those Acme rocket boots from your feet and throttle back from your desperate chase after the opposite sex? Here are some surefire signs that you need to take a step back and chill out:

Finding the Sweet Spot in a Hall of Fame Swing
Alex Rodriguez is off to a potentially historic start this season, thanks to the Yankees’ new hitting coach
By TYLER KEPNER
Published : April 23, 2007 / The New York Times

Bloomberg Draws a Blueprint for a Greener City
By THOMAS J. LUECK
Published : April 23, 2007 / The New York Times
In a quarter-century plan to create what he called “the first environmentally sustainable 21st-century city,” Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposed a sweeping and politically contentious vision yesterday of 127 projects, regulations and innovations for New York and the region.

MSN Careers
10 Most Fun Jobs
By Mary Lorenz / CareerBuilder.com
No job comes without some grunt work, but some occupations seem to have considerably less than their fair shares.

Sky Might Not Even Be The Limit Anymore
By MIKE VACCARO
Published : April 20, 2007 / New York Post
The day was gone, the game lost, the afternoon wasted, and Alex Rodriguez knew it. Hey, it happens. It's baseball. Even the best teams get 60 or so days like this one. Even the best players get tied up in their Superman cape once in a while.
Rodriguez had struck out twice. He'd made an error in the top of the ninth inning that pushed a three-run deficit to four. Excellent as he'd been, extraordinary as he'd played, he'd finally hit a speed bump. It happens. It's baseball.

Yankees 8, Indians 6
Rodriguez Caps Two-Out, Six-Run Rally in Familiar Fashion
By TYLER KEPNER
Published : April 20, 2007 / The New York Times

Big Apple still booming
Building pace at 30-year high
By GREG WILSON
Published : April 19th 2007 / New York Daily News
The city is in the midst of its biggest residential building boom in three decades and the local economy is on a roll too, according to a report issued yesterday.

Bereft of BlackBerrys, the Untethered Make Do
By BRAD STONE
Published : April 19, 2007 / The New York Times
Where were you when the BlackBerrys went out?

Practical Traveler | Online Fares
If It’s Good, Is It Too Good to Be True?
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
Published : April 15, 2007 / The New York Times

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