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Wild Card Weekend
January 9, 2004Wild Card Weekend The NFL playoff picture came rapidly into focus last weekend, as four battles between wild-card teams determined who would advance to face the league’s leaders. Panthers 29 Cowboys 10 Two years after finishing...
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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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Horn on the horn
December 19, 2003The Thrill and the Agony This week in sports by Chas Walker Horn on the horn It is a “cell-abration” that few will forget.
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On the picket line at Safeway
December 19, 2003OAKLAND, Calif. – “I’m here to fight for my benefits,” said Teresa Gonzales. Gonzales is a picket captain for the United Food and Commercial Workers union from Hawaiian Gardens in Southern California. She has been here...
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