March 13th, 2008 issue #0711

• DR. HOOK- Ask first: Singing the pre-authorization blues
• INTERVIEW- Giants' strides: They might be regulars
• SPORTS DOCTOR- Coach Shaver: 'You're dead to me, Fredo.'
• THE TOUGH CUSTOMER- Half a loaf? Does lending reform go far enough?

4Better Or Worse

• 4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review

Art Features

• CULTURE- ART FEATURE- Getting seamy: Grahame reaps what she sews

Cartoons

• CARTOONS

Cover Stories

• COVER- Trickling away: A dam develops amid missed chances

Essays

• ESSAY- Hotel history: Book recalls when strangers weren't welcome

Gimme Shelter

• GIMME SHELTER- Holy smoke! How to prevent chimney fires

Hotseat

• HOTSEAT- Mere flesh wounds: Straka's life of crime (writing)

Movie Reviews

• MOVIE REVIEW- Fight feature: Wadlow's second film a manly movie

My Ride

• MY RIDE- Sundhari Tolton: 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee

News

• NEWS- Flag flap: City Council gesture provokes superpower
• NEWS- Mall rebirth? Danielson, Minor break ground on 'Landmark'
• NEWS- Sex abuse: Another dad sues Social Services

On Architecture

• ONARCHITECTURE- Cornered: CVS to replace Plan 9, Satellite?

Photophile

• Wild waters: new dam would inundate hidden park

Question of the Week

• QUESTION OF THE WEEK- What do you think of the Tibetan flag flap?

Real Estate

• REAL ESTATE- UPDATE- STILL AVAILABLE

Real Estate - On the Block

• REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Mixing it up: Old touches dress up modern re-do

Strange But True

• STRANGE BUT TRUE- Drat! Odious rodents survive everything

The Brazen Careerist

• THE BRAZEN CAREERIST- Your startup: How you need to delude yourself

The Dish

• FOOD- THE DISH- Upstairs downstairs: Al Dente moves out, Escafé folks move up