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June 22 - 29, 2000

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Why we love to hate Microsoft

Some extremely random observations and outrageous digressions about our cultural obsession with Bill Gates
by Dan Kennedy

Time's arrows

We know that British novelist Martin Amis is arrogant, acerbic, and annoyingly talented. Now, with the publication of his new memoir, we can add emotional, vulnerable, and even fallible. Chris Wright asks: is it time to give literature's luckiest bastard a break?

Dating: Checking mates
Development: Sad Sox
Farewell Letters: That's all they wrote
Politics: Virtual democracy
Sport: a stadium by any other name . . .
Pricey digs: Why live in a Comm Ave dorm when you could rent a posh Copley pad for the same amount of money?

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Editorial

Letters to
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Art attack

Boston mayor Tom Menino must show a stronger commitment to the city's cultural community

Talking Politics	by Seth Gitell
Praying for votes Try as he might, George W. Bush can't put his conservative past behind him

City Hall	by Ben Geman
Waterworld So just what is an "impacted community," anyway? Plus, why Kelly and Lynch are willing to bargain on the South Boston Waterfront linkage deal, and the one at-large councilor with courage.

Urban Eye	by Kristen Lombardi
The good earth Getting back to the land -- at a homeless shelter in Dorchester

Out There	by Kris Frieswick
The saunterers I'll take rush-hour traffic over pedestrians any day

Urban Buy	by Dorie Clark
Mellow yellow The chill-out drink for a hot summer -- and a hotter economy

Ask Dr. Lovemonkey

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