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	Good and Plenty There are two things we do in America around Thanksgiving. And yes, that even includes a few Asian Pacific Americans. Those two things would be eat and play football. Not necessarily in that order. Jamil Soriano likes to do a lot of both. And for that we can be thankful. Last week, while most APA football fans in the Bay Area were wondering if a diminished Stanford squad could muster a competitive effort against Cal, I was listening to an Internet broadcast of Soriano and his Harvard teammates come from behind to trounce arch-rival Yale, 20-13... FULL STORY...		Giving Thanks (Feature) Access to Sept. 11 Relief Still Elusive for New York’s APA Community (in National News) Task Forces Examines Thurgood Marshall Incident (in Bay Area News) Ultimate Diversions: 2002 Gamer’s Gift Guide (in Business) Mark Chung: American Soccer’s Coolest Man (in Sports) A Piece of Raw Humanity (in A&E) Emil Amok: Good and Plenty (in Opinion)

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Floss Talk: Escape From Mad Crazed Shopping Day As Thanksgiving approaches and passes, certain things always seem to stay the same — certainly the abundance of turkey and leftovers that fills the refrigerators after many large family feasts. Thanksgiving is supposed to be a day filled with quality family time, reflecting on what to be thankful for and why to be thankful. Sometimes we forget the real meaning of Thanksgiving, and don’t think critically about the origins that we were taught, about the pilgrims and Native Americans. Also, the fact that the holidays have become too commercialized conceals the true meaning about why we celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas...

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