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74e917c544dac8c59b90866cc83e04bc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-25-ca-44454-story.html | How L.A. Missed the Train | How L.A. Missed the Train
A little more than three years ago, I telephoned a friend and proposed, “Let’s ride the rails.” The rails in question were those on Metro Rail. The plan was to spend the better part of a day checking out the art commissioned for subway stations and aboveground platforms on the Red, Blue and Gr... |
6abeb062c22987478ff34e71ad92494b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-26-me-45098-story.html | Genome Research: Out of the Frying Pan or Into the Fire? | Genome Research: Out of the Frying Pan or Into the Fire?
If the 20th century was the century of physics, the 21st century will be the century of biology. While combustion, electricity and nuclear power defined scientific advances in the 20th century, the new biology of genome research, which has provided the complete g... |
a33d08f23e6088911b9046c8cfde12a0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-26-mn-45011-story.html | Swarm of Bees Attacks Hikers in Joshua Tree Park | Swarm of Bees Attacks Hikers in Joshua Tree Park
A swarm of bees attacked a group of hikers in Joshua Tree National Park on Sunday, stinging one man more than 100 times and causing him to fall and break his leg as he sprinted for safety.
One of the man’s companions was stung more than 50 times, and two others suffered ... |
8365f8874456334767ce47367ec532f3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-27-me-45326-story.html | Nieves in Sleepwalking State When Children Killed, Defense Suggests | Nieves in Sleepwalking State When Children Killed, Defense Suggests
Sandi Nieves, the Saugus woman accused of killing her four daughters by setting their house on fire, was likely in an unconscious, sleepwalking-like condition at the time of the deadly blaze, a defense expert suggested Monday at her murder trial.
“Moth... |
85415ddec760600fc993c59600851937 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-28-ca-45524-story.html | ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION’S PRESS. | ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION’S PRESS.
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‘Bullets’ on Broadway: Woody Allen and Marvin Hamlisch are teaming to create a musical-theater adaptation of Allen’s 1994 film “Bullets Over Broadway,” according to the New York Daily News. Allen’s movie poked fun at Broadway in ... |
57cdb51f68de37367dbc0f927c02155d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-01-mn-4198-story.html | U.S. Judge Allows Arizona to Accept Internet Votes | U.S. Judge Allows Arizona to Accept Internet Votes
Opening a potentially controversial era in American politics, a federal judge Tuesday gave the Arizona Democratic Party the green light to hold the nation’s first binding election that will accept ballots from the Internet.
After nearly 10 hours of testimony, U.S. Dist... |
503b499f97eb3c778645f82949090b48 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-02-me-4490-story.html | Seepage, Odor Confound People Who Live Near Tar Pits | Seepage, Odor Confound People Who Live Near Tar Pits
Most Los Angeles residents are aware that tar has been seeping up through the earth at the La Brea Tar Pits since prehistoric times, creating a rich fossil record that is now a major tourist attraction. What they don’t realize is that the thick, gooey muck is also a ... |
e062e6e75e7646c7783f0ad9b19afeb1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-12-ca-7856-story.html | Digging for the Truth | Digging for the Truth
When Erin Brockovich entered his life, Harold Bollema was going through stressful times. He had been forced to leave his 80-acre dairy farm in Hinkley, a rural hamlet near the California desert community of Barstow, where Pacific Gas & Electric Co. operates a pumping station for natural gas that r... |
eade32e914c5b95c55edff84c10e8158 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-12-tm-8048-story.html | “Louie, Take a Look at This | “Louie, Take a Look at This
Of the thousands of treasures Huell Howser has revealed during a decade of KCET’s “California’s Gold” and “Visiting . . . With,” one remains to be seen: The man behind the camera.
In Howser’s search for the offbeat and overlooked, Luis Fuerte has filmed him perched atop the Golden Gate, feel... |
644258f9751a6e0849b54d48a5770d49 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-21-fi-11003-story.html | Huntington Beach Mall Solidifies Remodel Plans | Huntington Beach Mall Solidifies Remodel Plans
With the wrecking ball aimed at the aging Huntington Beach Mall, the center’s owner said Monday that its vision for the property has crystallized--and the renovation price has doubled.
As envisioned, the new “Italian village” will include a variety of stores, high-end rest... |
cded26ee0aa103947d43912f4784be51 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-21-me-11178-story.html | 6 Arrested in $18.9-Million Robbery of Delivery Firm | 6 Arrested in $18.9-Million Robbery of Delivery Firm
Federal authorities announced Monday the arrest of six men accused of making off with $18.9 million in a daring armed takeover of the Dunbar armored truck depot in Los Angeles in 1997.
The FBI forensics lab in Washington was credited with a major breakthrough in the ... |
59aa9ba587b30e7da7c518c8e3b27c2a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-28-sp-13389-story.html | It’s Real Hollywood Ending for Transformed Henderson | It’s Real Hollywood Ending for Transformed Henderson
Thomas Henderson went to Nau’s Enfield Drugs in Austin, Texas, shelled out $100 for lottery tickets--as he often does when the payoff catches his attention--and didn’t give it another second’s thought until he received a call last Wednesday night.
It was a relative, ... |
dc6d95c59bfe258237f266c90c99ffda | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-29-mn-13836-story.html | With Losses Mounting, Mossimo Turns to Target | With Losses Mounting, Mossimo Turns to Target
Clothes designer Mossimo Giannulli, who wooed well-heeled patrons with stylish beach and urban wear, announced Tuesday he will begin selling his clothes in discount Target stores next year.
The move, part of the Irvine apparel company’s effort to shore up its flagging opera... |
463a37ceebd032dbf883b0f56d202043 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-30-ca-14006-story.html | ‘N Sync Sets Industry Record With ‘Strings’ | ‘N Sync Sets Industry Record With ‘Strings’
Maybe ‘N Sync fans thought the song title was “Buy, Buy, Buy.”
The teen pop group made music industry history on Wednesday when its new album, “No Strings Attached,” registered the biggest single week of sales ever. The disc, led by the radio hit “Bye Bye Bye,” sold 2,415,859... |
187cf3077b92535d9892d77eceab38e4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-31-mn-14500-story.html | Those Bagel Shops: Are They Toast? | Those Bagel Shops: Are They Toast?
Bagel shops, home of one of the hottest low-fat food fads of the 1990s, appear to be headed the way of the frozen yogurt stand as more Americans indulge in decadent foods such as doughnuts and ice cream.
On Thursday, the country’s largest bagel chain, Golden, Colo.-based Noah/Einstein... |
3a672d3d562eacc18d97fb6609041ed2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-02-mn-25766-story.html | Actors Strike Over Fee System for Commercials | Actors Strike Over Fee System for Commercials
The actors who pitch everything from soap to soft drinks on television and radio, often seen as the less glamorous members of the entertainment industry, went on strike Monday against the advertising industry.
The strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild and the America... |
62afdabf33b6959e633d839fcead99a1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-03-mn-25998-story.html | U.S. Lags in Toxicity Data, Report Says | U.S. Lags in Toxicity Data, Report Says
The nation’s health experts are unable to gauge the effect of many potentially toxic chemicals on humans because the federal government has failed to study such exposure and has “a long way to go” before remedying the situation, according to a report released Tuesday by the resea... |
2a6536e191010b48c1c90433f9d96402 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-09-me-28147-story.html | Northridge Opens Central American Studies Program | Northridge Opens Central American Studies Program
The birthplace of two of the nation’s first ethnic studies departments is now home to the first Central American studies minor, Cal State Northridge officials announced Monday.
The program will focus on the half-million Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Honduran and other Central... |
ccb32651d8bd976956fd588b65da0b53 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-12-ca-29107-story.html | A Case of Saturn Night Fever? | A Case of Saturn Night Fever?
“Battlefield Earth” is set in the year 3000, but stuck in the 1970s--and not in any hip, retro way.
As taken from L. Ron Hubbard’s 1982 novel, in the year 2000 aliens called the Psychlos conquered Earth. The Psychlos are a species/corporation whose guiding moral principle is profitability.... |
5845e4d1c9060b6ad4779b39d9e328a0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-12-mn-29246-story.html | Quackenbush Secretly Routed Funds to TV Ads | Quackenbush Secretly Routed Funds to TV Ads
Even before they set up controversial earthquake foundations, Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush and his aides created a system to secretly use $1.9 million in public money to pay for television spots featuring the Republican official.
Over the course of a year, documen... |
5e32e931c41d8d03d2cbf320b46162de | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-13-sp-29668-story.html | Mercker’s Condition Stabilizes | Mercker’s Condition Stabilizes
Angel pitcher Kent Mercker went from what seemed like a severe headache to a potentially life-threatening condition late Thursday night, when a hemorrhage was discovered on the surface of his brain.
Mercker, 32, was placed in intensive care at UCI Medical Center in Orange, where a CT scan... |
9083c586310d479d5bd5f049f07225d9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-14-ca-29786-story.html | A Remarkable Alliance of Form | A Remarkable Alliance of Form
A 50-year survey of ceramics by Otto and Gertrud Natzler is more than an opportunity to admire impossibly beautiful pottery. It’s a chance to remember the lives and the accomplishments of the Los Angeles-based couple who became world-famous for marrying elegantly simple clay forms with spe... |
fe838affe757c9ae2478ce917bce9fef | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-18-me-31412-story.html | Imitation Instinct Is More Basic Than Just Flattery | Imitation Instinct Is More Basic Than Just Flattery
Simon says: Walk my walk.
Simon says: Talk my talk.
Simon says: Imitate.
Such copycat games of follow the leader, dependent on matching the actions of others, are the stuff of childhood afternoons and nursery school play.
Now, research also reveals that they are incor... |
2ededfebc5befaf267740c8103e57f56 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-20-me-32072-story.html | Laker’s Marriage Plans Are the Talk of His Fiancee’s High School | Laker’s Marriage Plans Are the Talk of His Fiancee’s High School
Marina High School was afire Friday with word that one of its own, Vanessa Laine, is preparing to marry the man who may be Southern California’s most eligible bachelor: Kobe Bryant.
The Laker superstar, 21, confirmed after practice Thursday that he is eng... |
076e27e7a6124289e88adf25fd32ff99 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-23-me-33222-story.html | ‘First Light’: New Dawn for Danielpour | ‘First Light’: New Dawn for Danielpour
Composed in 1988, “First Light” by Pacific Symphony composer-in-residence Richard Danielpour is not exactly a new work. But it was the turning point for the 44-year-old New York composer.
“That piece doesn’t sound like anything I wrote previously,” Danielpour said in a recent inte... |
b8ffcbc85409d030752de8ecc765d3a9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-24-mn-33499-story.html | Davis Fights to Suspend Licenses in Drug Cases | Davis Fights to Suspend Licenses in Drug Cases
Smoke a joint. Get caught. Lose your driver’s license for six months.
To Democratic Gov. Gray Davis, who has labored to fashion a tougher-than-thou image on law-and-order issues, treatment of those busted for even minor drug offenses should be that simple and severe.
But t... |
ab4b7afce1b1f542cfc6ed5a38ee6c9a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-26-mn-34254-story.html | $15.3-Billion Bailout for Farmers Is OKd | $15.3-Billion Bailout for Farmers Is OKd
Congress approved a $15.3-billion package of programs to aid financially distressed farmers, marking the third bailout for agriculture since legislation intended to wean farmers off federal subsidies was passed four years ago. The legislation would make it cheaper for farmers to... |
1ac2d0a4f96dc188bdacda1868791804 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-28-ca-34865-story.html | Chinatown: The New Hot Spot | Chinatown: The New Hot Spot
“Shops are open” is the message on a faded red banner stretched between two lampposts at the entrance of Chinatown Plaza West. So are a batch of contemporary art galleries. Dead as the pedestrian zone on Chung King Road may appear--and even though most of the galleries are only open Thursday... |
c2de25827167a465dba78dd839a29f93 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-28-mn-35027-story.html | Iran’s Reformist Parliament Opens Session | Iran’s Reformist Parliament Opens Session
Opening Iran’s new reformist-dominated parliament Saturday, President Mohammad Khatami called for an end to factional wrangling in a nation where reformers and hard-liners have been struggling for the power to shape society.
The convening of the 290-seat Majlis came three month... |
e65722034b6f2027bcb849c3214acaad | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-28-sp-35110-story.html | Rocket Richard, the Pride of the Canadiens, Dead at 78 | Rocket Richard, the Pride of the Canadiens, Dead at 78
Maurice Richard, whose fiery gaze and swift shot intimidated countless goaltenders during his Hall of Fame career with the Montreal Canadiens, died Saturday in Montreal.
Richard, 78, succumbed to the combined effects of a cancerous abdominal tumor and Parkinson’s d... |
64e4fe588d4fb9f9bf35fac70fe5a9a5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-03-ca-46141-story.html | Talk-Radio KRLA Will Become All-Sports | Talk-Radio KRLA Will Become All-Sports
Sports junkies looking for a fix will be able to find it 24 hours a day at KRLA-AM (1110) starting Dec. 1, while fans of the station’s current talk-radio format will have to hunt elsewhere on the dial for their favorite shows.
The change was put in motion by Viacom’s decision to s... |
c703bcb35a8d05aa0a0cc9a09553d864 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-05-tr-47253-story.html | La Canada Flintridge Keeps Its Focus on Trails | La Canada Flintridge Keeps Its Focus on Trails
In the early 1900s, outdoors enthusiast and real estate developer Frank Flint created and marketed a woodsy suburb laced with riding and hiking trails in the San Rafael Hills in L.A. County. Flintridge, as the community was dubbed, has been attractive to resident ramblers ... |
cc45d57a6f9b4a4befbb171a98e4bde8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-07-ca-48098-story.html | Syndicated ‘Frasier’ Episode Spoofing Dr. Laura Is Pulled | Syndicated ‘Frasier’ Episode Spoofing Dr. Laura Is Pulled
Paramount is suffering another public-relations headache regarding “Dr. Laura,” this time involving a fellow member of the studio’s television family, “Frasier,” with an episode of the sitcom that spoofed talk-show host Laura Schlessinger having been mysteriousl... |
83010d1b68b82bfad92c06f923e6aee7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-07-mn-48401-story.html | Last Billionaire Boys Club Case Dismissed; Star Witness Uncooperative | Last Billionaire Boys Club Case Dismissed; Star Witness Uncooperative
A San Mateo County judge on Monday dismissed the remaining Billionaire Boys Club case after the state’s star witness, who is in the witness protection program, declined to provide defense attorneys his new identity and address.
Superior Court Judge C... |
605b662ee9fe90349e615212840e60a3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-11-mn-50415-story.html | White Supremacist, 3 Followers Charged With Harassing 4 Officials | White Supremacist, 3 Followers Charged With Harassing 4 Officials
A 25-year-old man who has used the Internet to become a rising star in the national white supremacist movement has been indicted along with three followers on charges of harassing a Jewish congressman, a Latino mayor and two other officials, federal pros... |
10de6af768f7370f90528d9917ade081 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-12-wp-50659-story.html | Documentary Maker Follows His Own Path in Celebrating History | Documentary Maker Follows His Own Path in Celebrating History
In the early 1970s, a Hampshire College student named Ken Burns decided against a Hollywood film career. He wanted to be a time traveler, visiting yesteryear America, meeting its legendary heroes and celebrating his discoveries in documentaries.
“I’m asking ... |
fadc5f7c132a5c0f6bd06df5457d4a0a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-14-ca-51289-story.html | Compellingly Sold by the Gross | Compellingly Sold by the Gross
Peering into the world according to artist Paul McCarthy, a viewer is likely to conclude that Santa’s bright red nose is caused less by Jack Frost than by Jack Daniel’s; that Heidi’s gruff but kindly grandfather gets rather too kindly during those cold nights in the Swiss Alps; and that p... |
d4793bfe3f914a6099350f5cc168ecf5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-17-ca-53040-story.html | Arnold Lands in a Double Bind | Arnold Lands in a Double Bind
Hollywood, which has been cloning action-adventure movies for years, has gotten around to making an action-adventure movie about cloning. It’s called “The 6th Day,” and whom does it star? Arnold Schwarzenegger. Twice.
Even before computers improved the process in films like the Michael Kea... |
d9ced372c70a8c63801d3edde792837c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-17-fi-53201-story.html | Il Fornaio Chain Acquired in $81.4-Million Cash Deal | Il Fornaio Chain Acquired in $81.4-Million Cash Deal
Connecticut investment firm Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. added another California restaurant chain to its portfolio Thursday, agreeing to buy Il Fornaio (America) Corp. for about $81.4 million.
Fornaio shareholders will receive $14 a share in cash for each share... |
ec7e9353a4f654777ea5c20b2265e25e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-19-ca-54062-story.html | Haunted by Such Human Tales | Haunted by Such Human Tales
“ ‘Kwaidan’ is a project I’ve wanted to do for 20 years,” theater director Ping Chong says of the famous collection of traditional Japanese ghost stories, four of which were made into the 1964 film “Kwaidan.” “I saw the film, then I read the book.”
He was drawn to the stories, he has said, “... |
2db9a131e3a27eaed7bde9d1540eeb28 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-22-mn-55663-story.html | Farm Workers Union Ends 16-Year Boycott of Grapes | Farm Workers Union Ends 16-Year Boycott of Grapes
“No Grapes!"--a spirited rallying cry of the labor movement and the political left for much of the last four decades--officially receded into history Tuesday as the United Farm Workers of America declared an end to its protracted boycott of California table grapes.
The ... |
6d8a84a131bfb47fd080355b87037627 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-23-ca-56130-story.html | Green Becomes Him | Green Becomes Him
According to director Ron Howard, the appearance of the young Grinch in “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” was supposed to be just a sight gag--sort of a Mini-Me version of Jim Carrey as the mean green one. But that was before actor Josh Ryan Evans was cast in the part.
“As it turned out, he ... |
f210a5ddc88990c0337d0a74b0c29b0a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-26-ca-57234-story.html | The More Personas the Merrier | The More Personas the Merrier
If Ennio Marchetto ever stops making theater, he might consider a new career advising Beverly Hills plastic surgeons. After all, Hollywood celebs spend millions every year getting sculpted to look like new people. Marchetto achieves those make-overs in the blink of an eye, with cut-and-pas... |
24f78f95b507a1f786ccf1cba315cb80 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-01-tm-29471-story.html | Requiem For The Onyx Cafe | Requiem For The Onyx Cafe
I’m digging into my duck confit at Cafe Figaro on North Vermont Avenue, sipping a Pinot Noir, and it’s only vaguely weird. This used to be the Onyx Cafe, a scribbling, strumming, chain-smoking stew of artists, skater kids, conspiracy mongers and other fringe characters. But at the tres swank F... |
eb1bb9962483f961717634f1de4c177e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-01-tv-30240-story.html | Better Late Than Never | Better Late Than Never
With endless reruns and Sydney’s Summer Olympics behind them, the networks finally can go for the gold with a belated fall season we’ve waited for since May.
The Class of 2000 consists of 30 new series yielding the usual mixed bag of comedy, drama and action, without a single newsmagazine or real... |
6cd8d2eb609d8818db01830b135f4135 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-06-ca-32006-story.html | Gritty ‘Tigerland’ Revisits Vietnam War in Boot Camp | Gritty ‘Tigerland’ Revisits Vietnam War in Boot Camp
“Tigerland” is a Vietnam War movie that takes place not in Southeast Asia but in a Louisiana Army boot camp in 1971, and it’s a film with more psychological suspense than action. In short, it is atypical, especially for its director, Joel Schumacher, whose name is sy... |
582b1c518dfaca132a0da78116a298e0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-06-me-32143-story.html | The Season of Using Force in the Mideast Has Arrived | The Season of Using Force in the Mideast Has Arrived
In all likelihood, the violence that began in Jerusalem on Sept. 28 marks a major turning point in the Arab-Israeli conflict. And how Israelis respond has direct implications for Americans.
From its creation in 1948 until roughly 1993, Israel consistently pursued a p... |
6a20edb2eec69137b0717d814deccbe2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-07-mn-32851-story.html | Actor Richard Farnsworth Kills Himself | Actor Richard Farnsworth Kills Himself
Richard Farnsworth, the oldest leading actor to get an Academy Award nomination, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Friday night, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department said. He was 80.
Farnsworth’s fiancee, Jewely Van Valin, said he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
F... |
12baf70d70f3a966b0320f1c9a94fd0f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-11-me-34903-story.html | Pasadena Intersection Still Tops List of Dangerous Crossings | Pasadena Intersection Still Tops List of Dangerous Crossings
For the second year in a row, the same Pasadena intersection has been identified as the most perilous in Los Angeles County by the Automobile Club of Southern California.
Walnut Street and Pasadena Avenue, with 15 injury collisions in 1999, topped the list of... |
e6b8f2b5a973b17f8c8e5b8434c96952 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-15-bk-36804-story.html | Translating the Untranslatable | Translating the Untranslatable
Would we, if somehow this were possible, trade Anne Frank’s diary for her life, give up those salvaged pages to let her survive unscathed, in her 70s now? And would we forgo Charlotte Salomon’s “Life or Theater?”, her 1941 autobiography in 760 watercolors, if in exchange she were not to p... |
13d2cb8bb5429f2179fc7f19608a59c3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-16-cl-37098-story.html | Trading Sex for a Minivan? Hey, Whatever Revs Your Engine | Trading Sex for a Minivan? Hey, Whatever Revs Your Engine
The husband had always made it painfully clear that he couldn’t stand the female half of a couple he and his wife were to dine with. His wife couldn’t bear the idea that her husband might be rude to the woman, who had traveled from Europe with her spouse for a v... |
4cfc18a61708fe4bcb71805497ea1e63 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-19-fi-38718-story.html | Nobel Prize Inflation Hits University of Chicago | Nobel Prize Inflation Hits University of Chicago
Fuzzy math appears to have infiltrated the counting of Nobel prizes as well as the presidential campaign.
When University of Chicago professor James J. Heckman won the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Science last week, his university was quick to proclaim that Heckman ... |
6a841067cb054e497a0ff949246a4a0f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-25-cl-41457-story.html | Upward and Onward Toward Book Seven -- Her Way | Upward and Onward Toward Book Seven -- Her Way
Last week, sales of the four “Harry Potter” books hit 43 million. Already No. 1 on every major bestseller list, the newest title, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” also is history’s fastest-selling book. Warner Bros. is preparing a “Harry Potter” film, cast with unkno... |
c60b0a4a5a5e18f231153746f7c63ae1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-27-me-42959-story.html | Lake Casitas Angler Landed Whale of a Find | Lake Casitas Angler Landed Whale of a Find
Aaron Plunkett went out for a January day of angling at Lake Casitas, and though it wasn’t a particularly good day for fish, the Ojai resident came home with a monumental catch: a 25-million-year-old whale.
It was a find--a few pieces of fossilized bones--that has the experts ... |
0466c41c29498446963c86b69a404848 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-03-me-14716-story.html | A Wrong Turn Led to Ted Bundy’s Twisted Road to Justice | A Wrong Turn Led to Ted Bundy’s Twisted Road to Justice
The patrol car’s headlights drowned the Volkswagen Beetle in light, and the officer trained his gun on a shaggy-haired suspect in a black turtleneck.
“I didn’t want to shoot the guy,” said highway patrol Sgt. Bob Hayward. “I wish I had.”
Hayward didn’t know he had... |
b15bda09777f1f80e980c19533120554 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-04-ca-15135-story.html | Kids’ Series Give Gentle Life Lessons Television Review | Kids’ Series Give Gentle Life Lessons Television Review
“Caillou” and “Clifford: The Big Red Dog,” two new weekday PBS children’s series, have a get-acquainted marathon kickoff today on KCET-TV with four episodes each airing back-to-back. The two also join KVCR-TV’s schedule on Thursday.
“Caillou” (pronounced “Kye-you”... |
9056e4cb5b2c7c5923a991ad808db416 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-04-cl-15141-story.html | Birds Do It, Bees Do It, but Why’d We Say That? | Birds Do It, Bees Do It, but Why’d We Say That?
When parents engage in the big sex talk with their children, it’s likely that more than a few still call it the story of “the birds and the bees.” It’s a safe, comfortable way to get into a potentially embarrassing discussion, safe enough even for the name of a column in ... |
9608e461015fdc4512bd30eeaae2cfe3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-09-ca-18339-story.html | ** 1/2 Joan Osborne, “Righteous Love,” Interscope. | ** 1/2 Joan Osborne, “Righteous Love,” Interscope.
Five years after her debut, Osborne finally returns with an album (in stores Tuesday) focused less on the proven pop formula of her hit “One of Us” and more on quirky, multi-layered rock. Producer Mitchell Froom adds offbeat texture to the singer’s rich vocals. And Osb... |
83549470fb74b7a91efa66c46951c2f1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-10-tm-18408-story.html | The Go-Go’s Ain’t Gone | The Go-Go’s Ain’t Gone
Monday, 7:15 p.m.
It’s raining in New York. Kathy Valentine is contemplating a suntan from a bottle and Belinda Carlisle is naked, save for a lace thong under an NYPD-issued blue-plastic rain poncho. Days before their concert tour is to begin in Detroit, the Go-Go’s have agreed to play a handful ... |
7796d37dc3312d5307f5daf36c641cc7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-11-ca-19025-story.html | ‘Big Brother’ Guests Threaten Walkout | ‘Big Brother’ Guests Threaten Walkout
The escalating tension between the contestants of the CBS “reality” series “Big Brother” and its producers took a surreal turn over the weekend, as the six remaining “house guests” vowed to leave en masse during this Wednesday’s live broadcast--more than two weeks before the progra... |
7b1e2e1735dca9f9639822d0371a124a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-14-mn-20908-story.html | Wen Ho Lee Freed; Judge Scolds U.S. Over Case Tactics | Wen Ho Lee Freed; Judge Scolds U.S. Over Case Tactics
Wen Ho Lee walked out of court a free man Wednesday after a federal judge repeatedly apologized for incarcerating him for nine months without trial and angrily rebuked the Clinton administration for its handling of a case that “embarrassed this entire nation.”
In a ... |
a10b38011a8af5598cfcd5d79dbff58f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-15-ca-21320-story.html | Golden Opportunity for Olivia Newton-John in Sydney | Golden Opportunity for Olivia Newton-John in Sydney
Olivia Newton-John can’t take her eyes off the hummingbirds flitting from orchid to azalea in the backyard of her Malibu home. “Look--behind you, there,” she whispers, careful not to scare any of them away. “The green one. I don’t think I’ve seen him before.” The sere... |
f8cd628c4608336e21ca8659a080d5c6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-16-me-21916-story.html | Beah Richards; Oscar Nominee for ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ | Beah Richards; Oscar Nominee for ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’
Beah Richards, a veteran stage performer and character actor whose best work included her Oscar-nominated portrayal of Sidney Poitier’s mother in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and who won an Emmy this week for a guest role in ABC’s “The Practice,” has die... |
1abbec662546ba03077ff2df3138df7d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-17-tm-22313-story.html | NO LONGER THE UNIVERSITY OF SECOND CHOICE | NO LONGER THE UNIVERSITY OF SECOND CHOICE
THE SALES PITCH, SO ENTHUSIASTIC THAT IT SOUNDS CORNY, IS DELIVERED WITH A WRY SMILE and gleaming eye. “You have probably written your speech, but I wanted to show you this,” says USC President Steven B. Sample. He hands his guest a Time magazine article crowning USC as College... |
9b760a1e040ca0221a143599e88e7332 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-20-me-23918-story.html | Gore’s Tamale Break Thrills Deli Owners | Gore’s Tamale Break Thrills Deli Owners
It was well after lunch, but Al Gore was hungry. So the vice president showed up at Carrillo’s Tortilleria and Mexican Deli to try the famous tamales.
Manager and co-owner William Luna said he was busy with customers Tuesday at lunchtime when a Gore security man came in, alerting... |
023fea972e00432fc1bf59be65c5ea40 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-22-me-25219-story.html | Gherman S. Titov; Cosmonaut Was Second Man to Orbit Earth | Gherman S. Titov; Cosmonaut Was Second Man to Orbit Earth
Russia’s towering cosmonaut hero Gherman S. Titov, the second man in orbit and the first to stay in space more than a day, died Wednesday while taking a sauna in his Moscow apartment. He was 65.
Titov, who was considered Russia’s greatest living space legend, di... |
6e9bc304f9814214efdb543617bd5c78 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-24-ca-25856-story.html | When Cher Titles an Album ‘Not Commercial,’ She Means It | When Cher Titles an Album ‘Not Commercial,’ She Means It
With all the national debate about warning stickers on CDs, Cher is planning to label her next album as not being appropriate for kids.
Maybe she should think about adding another caveat: Not appropriate for most Cher fans.
In a music and acting career that’s bee... |
bef7e5ffe389fe49691250af6ca0c8d8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-24-wp-26102-story.html | Talent Search Winners? They’re Online | Talent Search Winners? They’re Online
It’s hard to argue with the idea that the company with the best talent wins--or that the best place to find talent is on the Internet. The challenge comes when you actually try to use the Web as a recruiting pipeline.
With more than 1 billion Web pages and 10,000 career sites, find... |
9d5fa5f0322b0ab1bf1c760ee02b5da0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-27-ca-27257-story.html | Satiric ‘Best in Show’ Chews Up the World of Dog Competitions | Satiric ‘Best in Show’ Chews Up the World of Dog Competitions
“Best in Show” has both bark and bite. The latest comic mockumentary to be masterminded by director Christopher Guest, its low-key but sharp and amusing sense of humor is a nice fit with the frenetic world of competitive dog shows.
“Best in Show” lists Guest... |
0a5607dc22a13216aeff8bc2bbe6b867 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-28-me-28008-story.html | Judge Awards Guess Model $450 Million of Oil Estate | Judge Awards Guess Model $450 Million of Oil Estate
A federal bankruptcy judge in Los Angeles awarded Playboy pinup and Guess jeans model Anna Nicole Smith nearly $450 million on Wednesday, finding that she was deprived of the estate her late husband intended to leave her.
Judge Samuel L. Bufford ruled that Smith’s ste... |
f5e84130b077339273044eb37241bd7b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-29-me-28691-story.html | Little Saigon Raids Dismantle Crime Ring, Authorities Say | Little Saigon Raids Dismantle Crime Ring, Authorities Say
Federal and local authorities said Thursday that they have dismantled Orange County’s largest Asian organized crime syndicate, which supplied the majority of illegal gambling machines in the county.
In a predawn raid in Little Saigon, authorities arrested 15 peo... |
dea4734ab375d092ee324abac24c34f1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-06-ca-47418-story.html | ‘Pokemon 3 The Movie’: Far From a Gold Version | ‘Pokemon 3 The Movie’: Far From a Gold Version
Two Tylenol and a pair of earplugs might be enough to get you through “Pokemon 3The Movie.”
The movie is a 75-minute sensory assault. The animated world of Pokemon land crystallizes and morphs into one reality after another. The Pokemon themselves screech and roar as they ... |
10d2e9a580e3c7e68c48608258a99d92 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-06-me-47737-story.html | Man Denies Guilt in Pornography Case | Man Denies Guilt in Pornography Case
South Bay political consultant Tom Shortridge appeared in court Thursday, pleading not guilty to a felony charge of using a minor for sexual acts and misdemeanor charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and child molestation.
The charges stem from allegations that he to... |
5f576126bc6ec09ead46c5907682b87b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-09-ca-48703-story.html | An Unblinking Eye on Capitol Hill | An Unblinking Eye on Capitol Hill
In his 22 years on television in this mecca of self-promotion, Brian Lamb has not once uttered his own name.
In his hourlong interview show “Booknotes” each week, Lamb appears on camera for about four minutes. His guest gets the other 56.
And when Capitol Hill’s gossipy social season r... |
978f53f6d461d5977336f606dd71890b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-14-me-51033-story.html | Charles Bailey; a Tuskegee Airman in World War II | Charles Bailey; a Tuskegee Airman in World War II
Charles Bailey, 82, who helped break racial barriers as one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen. Bailey was one of the 1,000 members of the highly decorated all-black squadron of the Army Air Corps. The first black pilots to break racial barriers and fly in combat, the Tuskege... |
a5ee9308c185f16dd523a823c56726ff | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-15-bk-51102-story.html | DISCOVERIES | DISCOVERIES
HONEYMOON And Other Stories By Kevin Canty Nan Talese/Doubleday: 162 pp., $21
The stories in this collection have the lanky, loose connection to the world that an adolescent might have, complicated but unexplained. A middle-aged aunt is sent by her family to help her nephew in his 20s confront his various a... |
cfbe8a1d4f6d17d63ac92650580772dc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-15-ca-51090-story.html | Will We Dance to His Tunes? | Will We Dance to His Tunes?
Outside the rear door at the BBC Radio Theatre, there’s an air of restless tension. A gaggle of girls giggles. A pack of paparazzi prowls. A parked Mercedes purrs discreetly.
Suddenly, a shout: “He’s round the front!” Fans and photographers run for it. The moment they’ve gone 50 yards, the s... |
a21dadb776d5d14654ea70cc29f307d1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-15-me-51304-story.html | It’s Time to End the Sad Saga of Silt-Clogged Matilija Dam | It’s Time to End the Sad Saga of Silt-Clogged Matilija Dam
Ventura County has not had great luck with dams. Not only did we suffer a huge loss of lives and property along the Santa Clara River from the collapse of the St. Francis Dam in March 1928 but Matilija Dam near Ojai has failed miserably to live up to the projec... |
da3f89c36a703e0c825b66a6df8b4e8b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-15-mn-51270-story.html | Emergency Dispatchers Cope With Their Own Distress | Emergency Dispatchers Cope With Their Own Distress
When she answered the phone Sept. 1, 1991, police dispatcher Desda Doersam heard a gunshot. The hysterical caller said she was hiding behind a coffee table and her son had just shot his wife.
“This is probably the worst call I had ever dealt with,” recalled Doersam, a ... |
08a2e693e45c8740d85747c73a769d9e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-18-mn-52438-story.html | A Lake Shrinks From Drought and Disarray | A Lake Shrinks From Drought and Disarray
This state is in the grip of what may be its worst drought in recorded history. How dry is it? Parts of Lake Okeechobee, in normal years a vast reservoir for slaking the thirst of farms, industry and people, can now be set on fire.
At Pahokee, a farm town of 9,500 on the southea... |
b9b4ca5df8c74a70f6320c83030055db | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-19-ca-52716-story.html | Well, Listen to a Story | Well, Listen to a Story
She’s a beautiful, quick-tempered Hollywood stagehand who socks a superstar in the mouth when his hand caresses her “tempting bottom.” The superstar loses a tooth. She loses her job. And, after a blow-out with her old-school father, she heads for parts unknown in her Jeep.
He’s a tall, lean and ... |
679505bb1f473d41d37844c38c82a9e8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-22-sp-54266-story.html | Trade of No. 1 Helps Chargers Land Two Aces | Trade of No. 1 Helps Chargers Land Two Aces
A day after the San Diego Chargers took a gamble they might hear about for years, luck was with them at least for a day Saturday.
The Chargers watched the Atlanta Falcons make quarterback Michael Vick the No. 1 pick of the NFL draft with the choice they traded away, then came... |
36600c8caf5ae94aab50b36d41180720 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-26-cl-55632-story.html | A Silk Purse Out of a Sow’s Ear | A Silk Purse Out of a Sow’s Ear
A candy counter ran down one side, a soda fountain down the other, and there was a blue room in the back serving lunch and dinner. An organ in the front room played while people were dining. “Dad’s restaurant was such a fine, elegant restaurant,” Lois Weber, now 81, recalls of the Pig ‘n... |
ab364eb0ab17dd0712ecb3845bdfff2d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-28-mn-56638-story.html | For Bush, All Roads Lead to Crawford | For Bush, All Roads Lead to Crawford
During his eight years as president, Ronald Reagan spent approximately one year in California, much of that time at his ranch near Santa Barbara. George W. Bush is on pace to beat that record--by a country mile.
During the first 100 days of his presidency, Bush will have spent all o... |
71b172e609f17e3ac9c8cba546441362 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-29-sp-57307-story.html | Loss Is a Test of Strength for Teresa Earnhardt | Loss Is a Test of Strength for Teresa Earnhardt
Instead of 50 candles, there is a single flame.
Instead of a birthday celebration for Dale Earnhardt today at the NAPA Auto Parts 500, there is a solitary woman in mourning 3,000 miles away.
Teresa Earnhardt rode shotgun with Dale for 22 years. She was his partner, in lov... |
4e5b616fd1d8536c40f4c5c629840979 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-02-fi-29723-story.html | Pepsi Gets to Buy Quaker | Pepsi Gets to Buy Quaker
PepsiCo Inc. got the green light Wednesday to buy Quaker Oats Co. and its top-selling Gatorade brand for about $14 billion after the Federal Trade Commission deadlocked over whether the new company would harm competition in the sports drink market.
FTC commissioners voted 2 to 2 on going to cou... |
5aa22ca08f0496b8ca61e29e45087276 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-02-me-29879-story.html | ‘Deacon’ Dan Towler; Rams’ Star Gave Up Football for Ministry | ‘Deacon’ Dan Towler; Rams’ Star Gave Up Football for Ministry
“Deacon” Dan Towler, a famed Los Angeles Rams running back of the early 1950s who abruptly ended his football career to become a Methodist minister, died in his sleep early Wednesday. He was 73.
In apparent good health and active, Towler had attended the Dod... |
e903a0aff13df5d63d1cfa643633308b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-04-me-30540-story.html | Bert Grant; Led Microbrew Revolution | Bert Grant; Led Microbrew Revolution
Bert Grant, founder of the nation’s first post-Prohibition brew pubs and a pioneer of the American beer revolution, has died. He was 73.
In failing health for some time, Grant died Tuesday in a nursing home in Vancouver, British Columbia. The cause of his death was not announced.
An... |
b3192e2fac2bafa18aee084a89112b96 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-08-me-31713-story.html | Jorge Amado; Writer Revered as ‘Balzac of Brazil’ | Jorge Amado; Writer Revered as ‘Balzac of Brazil’
Jorge Amado, considered Brazil’s greatest contemporary writer for raucous, bawdy novels that celebrate his country’s underclasses, has died. He was 88.
Amado died Monday evening, hours after being admitted to Alianca Hospital in Salvador in the northeastern state of Bah... |
0187ab95e717e0b36f97ec008c34f639 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-09-tt-32244-story.html | Happy Birthday PC! | Happy Birthday PC!
Your first kiss. Your first car. Your first job. And of course, your first computer.
Remember the excitement of opening the box, removing all the components, poring over the manual, and then making your first call to the help line? (It was probably closed.)
It might have been love at first sight, but... |
6452ca6d3588a9459885e4d62fa1759f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-15-fi-34429-story.html | Enron’s CEO Steps Down After 6 Months | Enron’s CEO Steps Down After 6 Months
Jeffrey K. Skilling stunned the energy industry by abruptly resigning Tuesday as chief executive of energy-trading giant Enron Corp., barely six months into a job for which he’d been groomed for years.
Skilling’s departure follows a series of setbacks for Enron, including seeing it... |
92fecec55a73b7e5e738048aac2f68d3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-16-cl-34651-story.html | Raise a Glass for Al’s Bar--It’s Last Call | Raise a Glass for Al’s Bar--It’s Last Call
Around 1:30 a.m. last Sunday morning, Toast Boyd took what may have been the last stage dive at Al’s Bar. Boyd, the music booker for the seminal West Coast punk club, had jumped on stage to play bass with the Warlocks, a garage rock band whose bassist hadn’t shown up. She didn... |
90a2c091fd0bce67225cec5df18c94b0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-17-ca-35080-story.html | Recalling the Lessons of a Starry Childhood | Recalling the Lessons of a Starry Childhood
Singer Patti Austin grew up in what might best be described as a hallowed entertainment-world environment. Her godmother was Dinah Washington and her godfather was Quincy Jones.
“Sammy Davis Jr. taught me some hoofing,” she says, “and Ray Bolger taught me time steps.”
Her fat... |
bd854e2e371ed560ae79b979810280a7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-17-ca-35090-story.html | Did Katie Couric Cross the Line into Advocacy? | Did Katie Couric Cross the Line into Advocacy?
Katie Couric doesn’t need to leave the “Today” show and join the talk-show circuit to do on-air advocacy work on controversial subjects, a la Oprah or Rosie. She’s already doing it on “Today.”
This week, for instance, at the end of a taped interview with the mother and bro... |
8937aedd6b4d931991030013fdef881d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-31-ca-40364-story.html | Clever ‘Jeepers Creepers’ Pushes Too Far | Clever ‘Jeepers Creepers’ Pushes Too Far
Victor Salva’s “Jeepers Creepers” has the scariest opening sequence of any horror picture in recent memory.
Trish (Gina Philips) and her younger brother Darryl (Justin Long), on spring break from college, have decided to take the long way home through sparsely populated farm cou... |
1f7af48c9ce11b879df28894032752d0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-31-ca-40365-story.html | ‘Funny Girl’ Sparkles in Significant Restoration | ‘Funny Girl’ Sparkles in Significant Restoration
The revival of the pain-stakingly restored “Funny Girl” is important for a number of reasons. First of all, the musical biography of comedian Fanny Brice emerges as a true classic, as enthralling as the day it was released in 1968. It is a superb example of Hollywood cra... |
34b2cc8e42c41dffaf89555e3751dd5f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-02-ca-10479-story.html | Rewriting His Career Script | Rewriting His Career Script
While directing Owen Wilson in “The Royal Tenenbaums,” Wes Anderson realized there was something different about the way his writing partner and close friend was acting during rehearsal. It had been five years since Anderson last directed him, in “Bottle Rocket,” their first project, which j... |
626779fe1506e733046b7b4cf60eed3b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-05-oe-ijaz05-story.html | Clinton Let Bin Laden Slip Away and Metastasize | Clinton Let Bin Laden Slip Away and Metastasize
President Clinton and his national security team ignored several opportunities to capture Osama bin Laden and his terrorist associates, including one as late as last year.
I know because I negotiated more than one of the opportunities.
From 1996 to 1998, I opened unoffici... |
1af9fcd9b40c09f83513e9eab43f0b70 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-07-fi-12290-story.html | Argentina to Raid Retirement Savings as Reserves Plunge | Argentina to Raid Retirement Savings as Reserves Plunge
Argentina, which is defaulting on its debts, said it will seize $2.3 billion of retirement savings by forcing private pension funds to transfer the money to a state bank in exchange for Treasury bills.
The government targeted savings every worker is required to se... |
12ae5ee3d735d6c9887fe788348a0641 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-19-hy-wheels19-story.html | Choosing a Mechanic Still a Dicey Proposition | Choosing a Mechanic Still a Dicey Proposition
To protect consumers against fraud, California’s Bureau of Automotive Repair shuts down hundreds of shops every year and revokes the business licenses of their owners.
In most cases, the owners are out of the auto repair business and the garage location is taken over by a n... |
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