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If it's Valentine's Day, it's time to 'get poppin'
      I n the fall of 1971, I had a new address: Jester Center on the campus at the University of Texas at Austin. I quickly learned that this dormitory housed 2,912 students, and it was the largest dorm in the country. The entire city of Rusk could almost fit in this one building. It was so big it boasted its own zip code.
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THE Q factor
A tale of my first love
      W ith Valentine's Day coming up this week, I decided to write about my first love. That's right, my first love. I'm not talking about my first girlfriend. She came along when I was a freshman in college. No, this love predated that one.
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HIGH POINTS from El Camino Real
      L ove is in the air along El Camino Real as folks hurry around to find a little something for that special Valentine in their lives. I guess all the romance has left me, because all I could think about was that I had to get my potatoes planted before Valentine's Day. The kids have more fun than anybody on Valentine's Day, swapping their cards and having parties.
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