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No Loss For Words: City Paper Fiction & Poetry Contest 2008 | Introduction

"My Brother, The Whale": First Place | Fiction Winners by Benjamin Beast

"Snow": Second Place | Fiction Winners by Sarah Perry

"The Smoke Room": Third Place | Fiction Winners by Penny Zang

"Breakfast Triolet": First Place | Poetry Winners by Maggie Beetz

"A Poem For When You Are Older": Second Place | Poetry Winners by Elizabeth Bastos

"Our Beloved Charles Willoughby": Third Place | Poetry Winners by Christopher Adams

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NEWS

Minority Report: A City Schools Construction Contract Lists Minority and Women-Owned Subcontractors Who Say They Did Not Agree to Work On The Project. | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.

Councilmania | Murder Ink | The Mail

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COLUMNS

The Color of GOP: As you might imagine, the vast majority of my conversations since the election have consisted of dissecting every single component of Obama's victory. | Social Studies by Vincent Williams

Madam Secretary: There's something about Hillary Clinton. | Political Animal by Brian Morton

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COMICS

Dirt Farm: by Ben Claassen III

Important Comics: by Dina Kelberman

Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake

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ARTS

The Incident: Was Bill Clinton's Affair With Monica Lewinsky Merely The Weakness of An Inveterate Horndog--or Something Else? | Books by Violet LeVoit

Kvetching Up: A Daughter Tries to Get to Know Her Mother in Wendy Wasserstein's Funny/Sad Take On Love | Stage by John Barry

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MUSIC

Playing On Expert: Guitar Hero Hero Dragonforce Seeks to Transcend "Power Metal," But Not Video Games | Music by Tony Ware

New and Old: New Christopher Rouse Piece Highlights a Bravura BSO Program | Feedback by Geoffrey Himes

Bow-Legged Gorilla | Review by Jared T. Fischer

The Short List

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FILM

Australia | Review by Bret McCabe

Four Christmases | Review by Al Shipley

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EAT

Frank's Pizza and Pasta | Review by Mary K. Zajac

On the Hill Cafe | Review by Erin Sullivan

iBar | Review by Michael Byrne

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