title: You Can Write a Column
author:  Monica McCabe-Cardoza 
description: Aspiring columnists will discover what it takes to establish themselves by following these exercises and advice for developing their ideas into timely, engaging pieces.
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  Spenser 16 - Playmates
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Nombre I de _s_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Robert B. Parker
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Robert B. Parker
  
  Playmates
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For Joan
  
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  VINCE Haller invited me to lunch at the Clarendon Club on Commonwealth Avenue
  with the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Taft University, Haller's alma
  mater.
  
  "No sneakers," Haller told me. "No jeans, no open shirts with that idiotic
  gol