May 2nd, 2002 issue #0113
May 2nd, 2002
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Worst headline in a national story with a Charlottesville connection: “Child-killer fights neighborhood publicity” appears in the April 28 Washington Post, detailing Gl...
Essays
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Duped!
By James A. Haught
Real Estate - On the Block
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Upstairs, downstairs
ASKING: $549,000SIZE: 3,612 sq. ft.YEAR BUILT: 1932ADDRESS: 1910 Barracks RoadNEIGHBORHOOD: Rugby RoadCURB APPEAL: 4 out of a possible 10LISTED BY: Sonja Casero of Century ...
Movie Reviews
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A movie... or something like it
Life or Something Like It is the movie that asks the question, if you had only a week to live, would you sleep with Edward Burns?It also asks whether, given the film's prem...
Music Reviews
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Hogwaller Ramblers at Escafe
Hogwaller Ramblers at Escafé April 28, 2002By Amy BriggsSunday night I found myself sitting in a place I'd walked by for years, listening to a band I'd heard about for nea...
News
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Cleared in Spotsylvania
Four days after pleading his innocence in the brutal 1996 slaying of two hikers in Shenandoah National Park, Darrell David Rice has been ruled out as a suspect in the long-... -
Grape moment
When UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce hosted a wine symposium, there was some sniping over the fact that no wine was served with the box lunch. After all, the keyn... -
Louis is back, baby
Both Central Virginia PBS stations have decided to ignore the advice of the PBS boss and will broadcast the new television show hosted by ousted icon Louis Rukeyser.WVPT be... -
Out of control
Lisa Harris was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Perched on the sidewalk on East Market Street, the 27-year-old property manager was enjoying the Dogwood Parade when a...
Strange But True
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Ride pride
Q: Your timid date has never ridden a roller-coaster. "C'mon, you're gonna love it!" you lie. Which seat offers best hope of turning her into a trembling helpless puddle?&#...
Facetime
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Thinking positive!
By Laurie Ripper
Hotseat
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Brad Chandler
He’s the Chandler in Chandler, Franklin & O’Bryan, the largest personal injury law firm in Virginia. Senior partner Brad Chandler is probably the best-known lawyer&...
Letters
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Snap Dan's pencil!
The Hook will not get a second look from me. Your advice columnist in the April 11 issue [Savage Love, “Virginal lies”] first extols the virtue of casual sex to a young...
Cultural preview
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Cartoon hits the stage
Good grief! Could you ask for more?All of your favorite characters are in attendance: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, and Linus, plus Sally, Schroeder, and the always-optimist... -
Close encounters
Whether you are an avid birder who loves to rise at the crack of dawn to crash around through sodden bracken or a backyard birder who appreciates the avian sights from your... -
Folk triumph
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Print stint
Back in 1964, a group of mostly non-printmaking artists got together with a man named Ires-Sillman– a guy who produced most of Josef Albers’ prints– and made ... -
Rave reviews
By Elizabeth Kiem -
Sharing strength
If there’s one thing I am more than grateful for, it’s that hunger is something my children think about only when they haven’t taken a snack to soccer practice. We’... -
Speak out!
By Mara Rockliff
Uncategorized
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Cantor unbound
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Cold clues
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Lawn living
By Jim Meyerle