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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:
his week's issue of Weekly Wire leads off with an in-depth look at the
legal quagmire of Trademarking. Tom Socca of the Boston Phoenix
reports on what can only be called a Trademark feeding frenzy.
Ralph Lauren has tradmarked Polo (tm) but the U.S. Polo Association
begs to differ. And that's only part of the story...
In Arizona, there's been a sharp drop off in candidates
running for the State Legislature. Tucson Weekly's Emil
Franzi takes a look at the media's disinterest in State House operations and how that has effected candidate interest.
Meanwhile over in Louisiana, Gambit Weekly's Christi
Daughterty has found that the state is one of the few in country
whose pollution levels are actually increasing. The state calling
itself, the "Sportsman's Paradise," has the country's
worst water pollution. Meanwhile, as the pollution levels climb;
the penalties are dropping. What's going on? Check it out.
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Mr. Smarty Pants [8]
Our resident know-it-all unearths the latest trivia.
— R.U. Steinberg, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
Odds & Ends [9]
Timed-release news capsules from the flipside.
— Devin D. O'Leary, WEEKLY ALIBI
Alamogordo Site of World's First Atomic Blast [10]
53 years ago this week.
— Sue Schuurman, WEEKLY ALIBI
Now What? [11]
Can't get enough news? You're in luck -- more news is created every day. Our Now What? page offers a plethora of recommended links to help keep you living in the present.
— WEEKLY WIRE
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Volume II, Issue 4
July 20 - July 27, 1998
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The Mark is the Beast [2]
Trademark mania is abroad in the land. With all this speculating in intellectual property before long, somebody will own every word you think.
— Tom Scocca, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
The Hunter as Prey [3]
Even as an avid hunter and fisherman, I can't bring myself to be sympathetic, or even ambivalent, about Sheriff Harry Lee's recent legal troubles. He should have known better, and he should have done better.
— Clancy DuBos, GAMBIT WEEKLY
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Media Meltdown [4]
Suddenly the media are asking another big question: Why aren't more people running for office?
— Emil Franzi, TUCSON WEEKLY
Elite Issues [5]
Big-Time Journalists Have Their Own Interests.
— Norman Solomon, GAMBIT WEEKLY
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Nozone [6]
Walter Jowers explores the gullibility of the average environmentalist.
— Walter Jowers, NASHVILLE SCENE
A Fine Mess [7]
Louisiana's toxic emissions continue to rise, but penalties for pollution are falling. The state says that's a good thing.
— Christi Daugherty, GAMBIT WEEKLY
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