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Columnists  'Wear sunscreen' columns  It all started innocently
enough in a June 1, 1997, column: "Wear sunscreen." The column
set off an odd swirl of e-mail, confusion and unruly hair all
over the country and its esteemed media.    • Advice, like
youth, probably just wasted on the young      Inside every adult
lurks a graduation speaker dying to get out, some world-weary
pundit eager to pontificate on life to young people who'd rather
be Rollerblading. Most of us, alas, will never be invited to sow
our words of wisdom among an audience of caps and gowns, but
there's no reason we...    • From column to song: 'Sunscreen'
spreads to Chicago      In Chicago's rich journalistic history,
newspaper columns have nailed corrupt politicians, freed
innocent prisoners and won Pulitzer Prizes. Not until this
month, however, had one cracked the Billboard Hot 100 pop music
charts.