... to home equity debt, which allows a regular tax deduction for interest on principal up to $100,000.         For readers who watch the TV show "Extreme Makeover," consider that the family who receives a new home also has taxable income. The producers of the show once attempted to deal with this problem ...
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... and shuttle them to one of the five orphanages where the volunteers got to work.         Think of it, as Englade does, as a low-budget version of "Extreme Makeover."         'The whole thing was quite the comedy," Cotruzzola says. "Here were four educated women not used to working with hammers and ...
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... we were met by the caretakers of that particular home. One day per year this bus pulls up to stage a rather poor version of the popular TV show "Extreme Makeover." The excitement of the caretakers and the children brought tears to most of us. Tom would read off a list of four or five projects for the ...
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... bar astoundingly high. We have "Ugly Betty" (albeit with braces) stacked up against dozens of stars who look like survivors of the late, unlamented "Extreme Makeover."     Then there's Oprah Winfrey, a one-woman campaign for self-esteem in any shape and size. But this month's O magazine not ...
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... say about you?     Ken Ortiz, director of the state's Motor Vehicle Division, kindly answers my call when I seek some explanation for the new "Extreme Makeover" approach to getting a driver's license. He explains that the people who work at the 90 field offices across the state haven't just taken a ...
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... have surged in popularity with articles in magazines from Oprah at Home to Reader's Digest and exposure on television shows such as ABC's "Extreme Makeover Home Edition."         Online shops, such as muralsyourway.com, let customers choose from various murals or send in a favorite photo. Others ...
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... Writer        Donna Rowe, the vocal advocate for homeless youth, announced her bid for mayor of Albuquerque on Monday by saying the city "needs an extreme makeover."     Rowe said she would be a mayor for everyone, from the drunk in the gutter to the residents of Tanoan, a gated neighborhood in the ...
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... his argument that the sessions were God's will. They must have misunderstood you when you said, "Move that bus!"         The crew of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" show gave an Albuquerque minister and his family a new home, then had one of their work trucks stolen when it was parked ...
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... 's "The Future of Energy in 2 Minutes or Less" contest for his "Solar energy is H.O.T." video presentation.         Prizes include an green extreme makeover which includes a full home energy audit as well as an energy-saving selection of devices worth more than $2,000.         Ho said he plans to ...
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... ;It was in my head as if it had been downloaded.”        He culled actors from Hollywood, as well as local theater groups. Rib Hillis of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” stars as corporate attorney John Wahlberg.        “(He) could look the part of someone you could see in that ...
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