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  • Danger: Privatization hazardous to Medicare

    Danger: Privatization hazardous to Medicare

    January 10, 2003

    The threat index for Medicare fraud shot up to “code red” when Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) took Trent Lott’s place as Senate Majority Leader. A darling of George W. Bush, Frist is now positioned to ramrod...

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  • Wheres the good sci fi?

    Wheres the good sci fi?

    January 9, 2003

    Movie Reviews My movie buddy and I saw Solaris when it opened. There was no new “Firefly” on the tube that night, so we watched a tape of Star Trek. Since present-time fiction tends to describe...

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  • Toronto International Film Festival 2002  Part 5

    Toronto International Film Festival 2002 Part 5

    January 9, 2003

    Progressive Cinema Although the all-encompassing Toronto International Film Festival, with 265 feature films, has its share of Hollywood blockbusters and a seemingly endless array of celebrities, it’s the stunning collection of socially conscious films that attracts...

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  • Looking at the past and fighting for the future

    Looking at the past and fighting for the future

    January 9, 2003 By John Gilman

    Opinion Fortunately for me, my strength to survive is derived from my knowledge of dialectical materialism. Dialectical materialism has proven time and again that when the chips are down, historical events and movements make history turn...

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  • A Green Party victory shakes up Providence politics

    A Green Party victory shakes up Providence politics

    January 9, 2003

    While most of the country was taken over by the far-right on Election Day in November, Providence, R.I., moved in the opposite direction, as David Segal was elected to the City Council from the First Ward....

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