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  • 98.6  a healthy number

    98.6 a healthy number

    March 3, 2006

    Ninety-eight point six is a symbol of good health and that’s the percent of members of Change to Win unions in California whose locals have submitted solidarity charters and are now considered full members of the...

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  • St. Louis protesters challenge anti-gay conference

    St. Louis protesters challenge anti-gay conference

    March 3, 2006

    ST. LOUIS — Over 350 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists, community allies and friends protested outside of an anti-gay conference here Feb. 25. The conference, called “Love Won Out,” was sponsored by Focus on...

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  • Workers in the spotlight at 2005 Toronto International Film Festival

    Workers in the spotlight at 2005 Toronto International Film Festival

    March 3, 2006

    Workingman’s Death Austrian filmmaker Michael Glawogger has created a monumental study of the worker in “Workingman’s Death.” His previous epic film, “Megacities,” now available on DVD, and his current film display a powerful knowledge of film...

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  • MovieREVIEW: A treasured journey to the Sierra Madre

    MovieREVIEW: A treasured journey to the Sierra Madre

    March 3, 2006

    In his directorial debut, Tommy Lee Jones releases double dynamite in “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,” in which he also stars. It’s a deeply layered and wickedly funny fantasy fable about justice and redemption. Jones...

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  • A monster was unveiled!

    A monster was unveiled!

    March 3, 2006

    Commercial news reporters and pundits have lately made a great to-do about the 50th anniversary of Nikita Khrushchev’s famous “secret” speech denouncing Stalin’s leadership in the old Soviet Union. They credit the speech with beginning a...

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