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  1. Feature

    Trial by Liar
    The snitches mumbled, stumbled, equivocated, and perjured themselves The jury found Bernard Temple -- the man prosecutors believed to be a bloodthirsty assassin for drug dealers -- not guilty of murder.
    By George Cothran
    Published: January 14, 1998

    Defense attorney V. Roy Lefcourt walks into a holding cell at the Hall of Justice where his client, Bernard Temple, is awaiting jury verdicts on two counts of murder in the first degree. The...

  2. Feature

    The Illusion of Roe V. Wade
    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available
    By Matt Smith
    Published: January 14, 1998

    As he strides down the sidewalk, Dr. Forrest Smith flits his eyes to the other side of the street, around an approaching corner, back to the previous block. Occasionally, they light on a nearby...

  3. News

    Dog Bites
    By Laurel Wellman
    Published: January 14, 1998

    From the Please Shut Up Department For some time Dog Bites has wondered whether the tactful thing to do wasn't simply to ignore the squabble between the Bay Guardian and the Institute for...

  4. Letters

    Letters
    Published: January 14, 1998

    BofA vs. S.F. Peter Byrne's cover story ("The Great Bank Thievery," Dec. 31) on the city's lawsuit charging Bank of America with defrauding the public treasury of millions -- perhaps billions...

  5. Music

    Hear This
    By Sam Prestianni
    Published: January 14, 1998

    Jeff Chan The company Jeff Chan keeps on Winds Shifting, his debut on the Asian Improv label, underscores his status as one of the rising twentysomething tenor saxophonists on the local jazz...

  6. Music

    Riff Raff
    By Robert Arriaga, Johnny DiPaola, Karl D. Esturbense, Jeff Stark, Silke Tudor, Heather Wisner, Bill Wyman
    Published: January 14, 1998

    The Last Laugh Sonny Bono hustled pop both crap and sublime as a promo man in the early days of rock 'n' roll, and did essentially the same with wife Cher in the '60s. In the '70s he became the...

  7. Music

    The House of Tudor
    By Silke Tudor
    Published: January 14, 1998

    At Jewish Music Wednesdays avant-garde jazz fusionists play musical hopscotch with klezmer traditionalists; elderly Persian Jews mingle with Berkeley neophytes learning their first syllables of...

  8. Eat

    The 1,001 Arabian Bites
    By Naomi Wise
    Published: January 14, 1998

    El Mansour 3123 Clement (at 32nd Avenue), 751-2312. Open daily save Monday from 5 to 10 p.m. The restaurant is not wheelchair accessible. Reservations for large parties or weekend nights...

  9. Film

    Second Time Around
    By Gregg Rickman
    Published: January 14, 1998

    "Crushing the Bastard": Films by Sam Fuller It's Sam Fuller week in the Bay Area. From 1949 to 1964 the doughty, cigar-smoking legend -- who died last October at the age of 86 -- wrote and...

  10. Film

    Raging Buddha
    By Peter Rainer
    Published: January 14, 1998

    Kundun Directed by Martin Scorsese. Written by Melissa Mathison. Starring Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Tencho Gyalpo, and Lobsang Samten. Opens Friday, Jan. 16, at the Regency I. Martin Scorsese's...

  11. Film

    Zoom Lens
    By Gary Morris
    Published: January 14, 1998

    "Say You Love Satan! The Devil on Film" A perfect antidote to the mindless angelphilia and Virgin Mary-mania that have gripped the nation is Center for the Arts' new "Hell on Friday" series...

  12. Night&Day;

    Black Beauty
    By Heather Wisner
    Published: January 14, 1998

    Call it a re-rebirth: A dazzling artistic legacy shines a second time this century with "Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance," an international touring collection of painting,...

  13. Night&Day;

    Night + Day
    By Heather Wisner
    Published: January 14, 1998

    Wednesday January 14 Take a Hike Edward Hasbrouck, a world traveler and sometime travel agent, debunks the myths about getting the cheapest plane tickets ("Myth No. 5: Airline fares are...

  14. Halloween

    Savage Love
    Published: January 14, 1998

    Hey, Faggot: I met this guy through the personals, and we happily dated until I found out a couple of things: 1) He had a pregnant girlfriend. 2) He was cheating on me with someone else...

  15. Night&Day;

    Where the Boys Are
    By Heather Wisner
    Published: January 14, 1998

    Former porn star Scott O'Hara has officially retired from video and live performance, but porn has provided a leitmotif for his other creative endeavors, like editing the now-defunct sex journal...

  16. Halloween

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World
    By Rob Brezsny
    Published: January 14, 1998

    Aries (March 21-April 19): My favorite Catholic saint was Catherine of Siena. Born under the sign of Aries in 1347, she was an outrageously original leader whose power was enhanced by her unusual...

  17. Stage

    Stage
    By Carol Lloyd, Michael Scott Moore, Apollinaire Scherr
    Published: January 14, 1998

    Let There Be Sleight Bamboozles of the Barbary Coast. Written and performed by Tom Nixon. At the Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter (at Mason), on an open run. Call 646-0984. Bamboozles of the...

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