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Airing out the Airwaves: Why aren’t APA sportscasters in more prominent roles?
There’s an old joke in electronic media circles with the punch line that goes, “You’ve got a face for radio.”
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Hooked on a Feeling: Japanese choreographer presents work for the American Dance Festival
Human beings are incompetent social animals. So says Japanese dancer-choreographer Akiko Kitamura in her latest work, “Enact Oneself.”
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Yin, Yam Bring Hong Kong to the ‘Cradle’
As the summer movie season approaches its peak, hardly a week goes by without a big-budget opening at some high-profile Los Angeles theater.
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New and Notable Books
Mobile Cultures: New Media in Queer Asia
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Fazio Launches Bid for S.F. District Attorney: He criticizes Hallinan’s lackluster prosecution record
Among his strongest supporters and amid a sea of blue signs, Bill Fazio kicked off his candidacy for district attorney on July 23 in front on the steps of the Hall of Justice in San Francisco.
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Race Data Ban on California Ballot: Props 53 and 54 address infrastructure funding and racial data collection
California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley has assigned proposition numbers to a pair of ballot measures that will appear on the Oct. 7 ballot with a proposed recall of Gov. Gray Davis.
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Vacations, Pensions and Pay
If statistics hold true, most of you are not reading this column while sitting next to a pool with a cool soft drink in your hand. In fact, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the average American gets only 8.1 days per year for vacation. If you are lucky, after three years at […]
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Waiters’ 20-year Battle Ends with Very Big Tip: NYC workers win landmark case to sue restaurant owners
In a landmark case, a federal court ruled that a group of New York City workers from one of Chinatown’s largest restaurants could sue its individual owners and managers for illegally stealing their tips.
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UpFront News Briefs
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“It’s been very difficult trying to interview these people because they have either left the country or changed their addresses; moved away. … We cannot find them.” -
Mixed APA Feelings about Davis Recall
Political leaders and newly naturalized citizens have mixed opinions about the Oct. 7 recall election of California Gov. Gray Davis.
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Coming Out for Funk: Conscientious objector Funk fundraising for legal defense
It was somewhat of a surprise party for 21-year-old conscientious objector Marine Lance Cpl. Stephen Funk, as strangers greeted him at a benefit in San Francisco’s Castro district on Sunday to raise funds for Funk’s court-martial slated for Sept. 4.
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Letters to the Editor
Mad as Hell about ‘Banzai’
DEAR EDITOR: Although I have not seen Banzai (”‘Banzai’ Boycotted,” and “Fox Ain’t Feeling the Love,” July 24), the night it aired, I did see its commercials.
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