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No One Talks About Altamont Nation

Well, we've seen the waning of the Woodstock wankarama, thank you very much. Unless newscasters and the glossies run totally out of filler for the next ten summers, we won't have to hear that story again for a decade. Today marks the year's true dash down the gauntlet of memory:...
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THE DAZE OF THE LOCUSTS

Young is an idyllic little village perched in the central Arizona highlands just below the Mogollon Rim. It's almost too idyllic--just the quiet, cozy sort of place Alfred Hitchcock might have used to make a scary movie about, say, grasshoppers driving the villagers mad. Well, last summer in Young, grasshoppers...
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IN THE LONG TRADITION OF CORPORATE SPOKESMEN, SAY HELLO TO JOE

It's easy to cuss the Arizona Corporation Commission. The name is so depressingly bureaucratic most people don't even know what it means. And when they find out what the commission does, setting utility rates in this state, the bile automatically starts to rise. Who can forget that Arizona Public Service...
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THE BADDEST CAT IN TOWNTHE AG CANDIDATES ARE ENOUGH TO SCARE ANYONE

"I'm always nice to Bob Corbin, because if there's one person in Arizona who can ruin your life, it's the attorney general." This observation, made privately by one of the state's most powerful politicians, reveals how much the office has changed since the days when Arizona's attorney general did little...
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FOR LOVE AND GLORY

LS2Moonlight and love songs Never out of date Hearts full of passion, jealousy and hate Woman needs man and man must have his mate That no one can deny It's still the same old story A fight for love and glory A case of do or die The world will...
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WHY SAVE THIS AIRLINE?

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 at the Phoenician resort that the airline would soon expand service into Mexico. As one onlooker put it, "The most disturbing thing about Beauvais'...
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TENDER LOVING SQUARES

You're trying to save money. Or maybe you're struggling to make ends meet. Times are hard, but there are a few things you're not willing to give up. Like a meal out with the family or friends every once in a blue moon. But where can you go if you're...
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THE SCANDAL AT THE MESA POLICE DEPARTMENT

LATE ONE NIGHT, after everyone else had gone to bed, Dick told Stacie to take off her clothes. "Let me massage your whole body," he whispered. "Take off your shirt and bra and I'll just give your whole body a little somethin'." Dick squirted some baby lotion into his hands...
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ASIA MAJOR

Mikado, 7111 East Camelback, Scottsdale, 481-9777. Hours: Lunch, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Dinner, Sunday through Thursday, 5 to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 5 to 11 p.m. Just hint to my family that Chinese food is a dinnertime option, and you can see them mentally chowing...