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ASK MY CAT ABOUT COYOTE BREATH
By Terry Greene
Published: December 9, 1992
I wanted to call in a mountain lion. I was 10 years old, and during the spring and early summer, it seemed that all I'd heard my father and other northern Arizona cattle ranchers t...
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LUNA TUNESAFTER YEARS IN THE SAME MUSICAL UNIVERSE, THREE ALTERNATIVE VETERANS ALIGN TO SHINE
By Ted Simons
Published: October 28, 1992
Justin Harwood sounds concerned. He's musing over the apparent success of his new band, the critically acclaimed Luna2. "Everyone seems to be really happy," Harwood says of himself...
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POCKET CHANGEBANKRUPT AMERICA WEST SHUFFLES ITS DEBTS, BUT NEEDS MORE THAN FRANKE TALK TO SURVIVE
By David Pasztor
Published: October 14, 1992
An old college textbook seemed inconsequential when Doug Combs happened upon it about two years ago. Nonetheless, he thumbed through the book on economics before throwing it away. ...
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THE LOVE BLOAT
TAKE HEART, AMERICA. THE COUNTRY'S "MOST ROMANTIC COUPLE" LAYS IT ON THE LINE.
By Dewey Webb
Published: September 16, 1992
Antony and Cleopatra! Romeo and Juliet! Liz and Larry! In the grand tradition of those legendary lovers comes a newsome twosome determined to add their own names to that romantic r...
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HOME OF THE BRAVE
A REVOLUTION ERUPTS ON THE CHEMEHUEVI INDIAN RESERVATION.
By David Pasztor
Published: September 16, 1992
Christine Walker had already enraged many of those she governed. For more than two years, the secretive leader of the Chemehuevi Indians had used the unique powers and autonomy of ...
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THE COST OF TOXIC SPILLSHERE'S HOW YOU'LL PAY FOR MOTOROLA'S CONTAMINATION
By Terry Greene
Published: August 19, 1992
By 1994 there will be a new building at 8600 East Thomas in Scottsdale. Concealed behind the building's adobelike fa‡ade will be a multimillion-dollar plant designed to strip healt...
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Suntracks
CASHIN' IN ON CONTROVERSY
ICE-T AND SISTER SOULJAH GIVE MAKING MONEY A BAD RAP
By David Koen
Published: August 5, 1992
So Bill Clinton tried to bag votes from corn farmers and middle-class blacks horrified by the South Central L.A. riots by cluck-clucking at Sister Souljah's musings on killing whit...
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LICKS NIXED HICKS HEAD'S WARRIORS IN OTHER WORDS, ONE MORE SEVENTIES STAR IS MAKING A COMEBACKE
By Larry Crowley
Published: February 26, 1992
Don't blame Dan Hicks for being a bit cantankerous these days. Just as his career is once again gathering momentum, the Bay Area-bred "folk swing" king has turned 50. "People co...
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News
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVERESPECIALLY IF YOUR FANTASY IS BASEBALL
By Anna Dooling
Published: August 7, 1991
The white lines of the batter's box are pristine in the slanting morning sunshine, and the base paths are clean and untrod. In the outfield, looking like white flowers against the ...
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WHY SAVE THIS AIRLINE?
AMERICA WEST IS FLYING SOUTH. AND ALL ARIZONANS ARE HOSTAGES.
By Kathleen Stanton
Published: July 17, 1991
In late May, only weeks after announcing record losses for a second straight quarter, America West Airlines chairman Ed Beauvais boasted to nationwide airport executives meeting ...
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YOU CALL THIS GAMBLING?
FUNNY THING, BUT WHEN THE FEDS DO THE DEALING IN BULLHEAD CITY, LAND TRADERS HIT THE JACKPOT.
By Kathleen Stanton
Published: May 22, 1991
It is difficult to imagine a contrast greater than the Colorado River as it roars through the Grand Canyon and that same river a hundred miles downstream as it flows tamely ...
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Columns
FOREMAN'S FIGHT OF A LIFETIME
By Tom Fitzpatrick
Published: May 1, 1991
The white Acura pulled into my driveway and slammed to a halt. David Ramras, the lawyer, leaped from behind the wheel. "Here's the tape," Ramras said. "You're going to...
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QUIRK ROCKTHE FEELIES KNOW IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N' ROLL
By Robert Baird
Published: April 17, 1991
The Feelies really care about their public. Lead vocalist-guitarist Glenn Mercer swears it's true. So what if they only record when they are good and ready, or that they onl...
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VAGRANT TOPS TALLY OF TAWDRY TITLES
IF IT'S DOWNBEAT OR DIRTY, THEY FILMED IT HERE.
By Dave Walker and Dewey Webb
Published: March 20, 1991
Where else would Hollywood go to shoot a movie titled The Vagrant? Phoenix, the setting for enough downbeat titles to program an all-existential film festival, is again...
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THIS COP MAY SAILFUGITIVE EX-FEDERAL AGENT FINDS A HAVEN--AND MORE-- IN NEW ZEALAND
By Paul Rubin
Published: March 20, 1991
Gary Callahan never had time to name his yacht. Too bad. He might have called it "Lady Luck." First, the bad luck: The veteran U.S. Border Patrol agent was accused of ...
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RUNNING THE 80K TO SIBERIA
By Paul Rubin
Published: February 6, 1991
You may remember Barnett Lotstein from the Ev Mecham saga. He was the cocky little guy from the Attorney General's Office who failed to convince a jury in 1988 that the quir...
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THIS JUKE'S FOR YOU
IN CASE ANYONE IS LISTENING, OR CAN HEAR IT OVER THE POOL GAME, THE MUSIC MACHINE IN THE CORNER BAR IS SOUNDING BETTER
By Dave Walker
Published: January 2, 1991
The life of your average barroom sot is getting better. No, beer and whiskey have not become cheaper or any less debilitating. No, the long-term health benefits of ciga...
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Columns
Days of Whine and Ruses
By Tom Fitzpatrick
Published: November 28, 1990
The expression that came over Robert Bennett's face each time Senator Dennis DeConcini attacked him was riveting. The special counsel for the Senate Ethics Committee stared straig...
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Columns
What Makes John McCain Run?
By Tom Fitzpatrick
Published: November 14, 1990
John McCain can stop running now. The race is over. It's time for McCain to sit erect in a chair with television cameras whirring and face the Senate Ethics Committee. The lon...
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DAMAGE, INC.
AFTER SHOWING SOME COURTROOM METAL, IT'S BIG BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR JUDAS PRIEST
By Jimmy Magahern
Published: November 7, 1990
For sixteen years, fans of heavy-metal band Judas Priest have been accustomed to seeing lead singer Rob Halford in his trademark stage dress, a menacing armor of black leath...
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