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Father ODonnells life celebrated
January 9, 2004Over two thousand people gathered in Berkeley’s Community Theater Dec. 14 to celebrate the life of Father Bill O’Donnell, beloved Roman Catholic priest whose 47 years of service in the Bay Area enriched virtually every progressive...
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Documenting working class struggles
January 9, 2004Toronto International Film Festival 2003 – part 4 Here are some more outstanding documentaries shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Agronomist (USA) Jonathan Demme, known for blockbusters like “Silence of the Lambs,” “Philadelphia” and...
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The raid on civil rights at Goose Creek
January 9, 2004Opinion Suppose the police in one community staged, with guns drawn, a drug raid at a high school and rounded up more than one hundred students to search and arrest – but found no drugs. Suppose...
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Enola Gay: the Smithsonian edits history
January 9, 2004Opinion The Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945 – a marvel of technology? A worthy subject for a historical exhibit, rather like Disneyland’s Robot Lincoln? The...
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A fairy tale
January 9, 2004Opinion All right, children, sit still while I tell you a fairy tale, one with heroic heroes, evil villains, and an unbelievably happy ending. Our tale starts with a king (after all, he was anointed and...
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