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For the Week ofDecember 19-25, 2001
Cover: Off-Road At Last
News: Nüz
Handmade Hell: Holiday gift ideas to cross off your list.
Sights & Sounds: Stalin's War sets off the pit but leaves its message in the music.
Is the supersized SUV the latest casualty of war?
Protesters challenge application to erect transmitter towers behind the Cabrillo College Stroke Center.
Bruce Bratton: Gift idea: alternative news magazine subscriptions; the Philip Morris conglomerate; holiday movies.
Live Ringers: Director Peter Jackson trims the fat and serves up a Tolkien feast in 'Fellowship of the Ring.'
Dream Time: Todd Wilkinson and Team Sleep awaken to fame and fortune... sort of.
What Smut: New anthologies offer erotica for all.
Holiday Prowl: Christmas shopping strategies that maximize the good, the tasty and the local.
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