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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #105 8/31/00 |
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In this issue: - Broadband
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here If you're driving around our great country and hunger for a special eatery, check out Roodfood.com. Created by noted food columnists and restaurant reviewers, Jane and Michael Stern, it is the only web site devoted exclusively to finding the most memorable local eateries along the highways and back roads of America. Roadfood
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