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1. Feature

   You Say You Want A Resolution

   RFT asks an eclectic mix of St. Louisans to imagine how we can get our act together in 2008.

   Compiled By Aimee Levitt

   Published: January 2, 2008

   The highway's closed, the Cardinals are rebuilding, the Rams suck and we're still bummed about almost topping the charts in violent crime. Face it, we got problems —...

2. Night & Day

   Go Vertical

   By Alison Sieloff

   Published: January 2, 2008

   The war in Iraq is undoubtedly a touchy subject, and no one knows that better than Nadia, an American political science professor at Yale. When she is forced to defend her...

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   Dinner with Friends

   By Jeanette Kozlowski

   Published: January 2, 2008

   Do your friends constantly insist upon eating at predictable chain restaurants? Trade in the dinner doldrums for a more adventuresome get-together — one with new tastes...

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   John & Yoko & Joseph & Susan

   By Paul Friswold

   Published: January 2, 2008

   If you could construct a Venn diagram of social consciousness and celebrity, the shaded intersection might look very much like Kota Ezawa's new media artwork Lennon Sontag...

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   State of Bean

   By Brooke Foster

   Published: January 2, 2008

   What defines a great coffee adventure? Fighting your coworkers for the last dregs in the break-room carafe? Managing to maintain highway speed after spilling hot java on your...

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   Silence Is a Virtue

   By Jeanette Kozlowski

   Published: January 2, 2008

   According to Kenneth G. Libbrecht, a physics professor at the California Institute of Technology and the creator of the Web site www.snowcrystals.com, "...it's unlikely that...

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   The Beach Is Back

   By Alison Sieloff

   Published: January 2, 2008

   As anyone who watches morning reruns of Saved by the Bell knows, beach volleyball is a hot sport. And not just on that show! Beverly Hills, 90210 had some great beach...

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   It's in All the Papers

   By Paul Friswold

   Published: January 2, 2008

   When you admire a painting or print, do you consider the paper used to be an integral element of the work? Artists do because how the paper interacts with the media will shape...

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   It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

   By Nicole Beckert

   Published: January 2, 2008

   First Run Theatre opens 2008 with a perfect way to wrap up the holiday season: Steve Pokin's Room at the Inn. It's Christmas Eve, and a terrible snowstorm rages outside a St....

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    Book It

    With beers

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: January 2, 2008

    You've been disappointed by author readings before. That last girlfriend of yours would drag you to any old amateur thing she could find. And you hated her for it. But here's...

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    City on the Edge of Forever

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: January 2, 2008

    Iain Fraser deals in ambiguities made of very tangible materials: Steel, concrete and wood are the structural elements of his art, but his sculptures, what he calls...

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    On the Road

    Get rolling!

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: January 2, 2008

    Your one and only new year's resolution was to take it easy in 2008, and we've got to hand it to you — you look pretty relaxed over there. But even with your stellar goal...

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    The Grape Escape

    By Amy George

    Published: January 2, 2008

    After the hullabaloo of the holidays, including the dreaded cleaning-up and packing-away business that we just finished, a little bit of rest and relaxation is in order for...

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    Going Dental

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: January 2, 2008

    Frogs don't have to brush their teeth (yes, many varieties have 'em); your child, however, should take care of that fine set of chompers. Despite this obvious oral-hygiene...

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    Bulls on Parade

    By Anna Teekell Hays

    Published: January 2, 2008

    Time to trade in the snow boots and ski hat for cowboy boots and a Stetson (you look better already), and then mosey on over to the Family Arena (2002 Arena Parkway, St....

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    She's Marge and in Charge

    By Amy George

    Published: January 2, 2008

    If you're looking for a Saturday night that doesn't involve a bar so smoky you'll be gasping for air for the next 48 hours (not to mention the hefty dry-cleaning bill to get...

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    The World's Toughest Author

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: January 2, 2008

    Moments after pummeling Jorge Pereira so severely that the ringside doctor stopped the fight in the first round, Matt Hughes was backstage being photographed and measured by...

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    Another Story

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: January 2, 2008

    St. Louis has a plethora of old homes; entire neighborhoods that were built a century ago still stand. Post-World War II building-boom homes abound, and stately single-family...

19. News Real

    University City Gets the Boot

    Time to remember Bob Dylan’s admonition: “Don’t follow leaders, watch the parkin’ meters.”

    By Aimee Levitt

    Published: January 2, 2008

    University City has never been burdened with the reputation of being a diligent bill collector. Since 2004, in fact, 45 percent of the more than 40,000 parking tickets its...

20. Unreal

    Bandit Man

    Unreal intercepts a bit of Wash. U. correspondence and reflects on the best TV show ever.

    Published: January 2, 2008

    Overland resident John Gleckler remembers the day his father bought the family's first color TV set. That special date coincided with the TV premiere of Smokey and the...