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Editor's Note:
There is no December 27, 2009, issue of the Globe Magazine. We'll return on January 3, 2010.
December 27, 2009
BOSTONIAN OF THE YEAR: THE WINNER AND FINALISTS
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Issue highlights

coupling: stories about relationships

The perfect gift

Today is our 40th anniversary. I sure hope my husband likes what I got him.
dinner with cupid

Study break

They’re here to hit the textbooks. Can they find time for a love story?
miss conduct's ettiquette column

Upstaged by Christmas

When your birthday conflicts with a holiday, plus confusing weight gain with a pregnancy.
pierced column

Pulpit vs. pol

A bishop, a Kennedy, and an ill-advised flap.
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One wild ride
Jimmy Tingle's Perspective

One wild ride

Our state offered more than a few surreal moments this year.
Leap years
First Person

Leap years

Harvard senior and Grand Prix show jumper Hillary Dobbs (daughter of Lou) hopes to continue her winning ways this winter and qualify for the 2010 World Equestrian Games.
Corpse Revivers
Cooking

Corpse Revivers

A few drinks guaranteed to give you a New Year’s second wind.

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Fashion Snapshot
Rock on
Don’t be shy when piling on the jewels.
Designing
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These powder rooms are beautiful, but hardly puff pieces.
Parenting Traps
The season’s gifts
This year there’s less to give, but maybe more to receive.
Letters to the Magazine Editor
Is the Senate race a snooze? Can one be both polite and green? Readers weighed in. Plus, an update on embryo donation....

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