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Volume 24, Issue 17,  February 25, 1998

Cover: Let Them Eat Prozac. How the drug lobby stopped the Oregon Health Plan’s effort to protect lives and save money. By Josh Feit.
 
NewsBuzz
Dear Candidate Tam: Don’t you have anything better to do?
You'd think a guy who watched convicts would know how to act like one
PSU Turkey Sandwich: half a loaf may not be better than one

Green Cards
Next week the Sierra Club will ask its members whether to embrace anti-immigration activists or send them packing.

The Sorted Truth
The city wants to change the way we recycle--and it's not good news for the environment.

The Jury’s In
In the end it was George Fort's mouth, not his muscles, that got the Portland police officer in trouble.

Multnomah Co. Election Endorsements
Hey, that's not junk mail. It's your ballot. Two new faces and a hauntingly familiar bailout deserve your votes in the March 10 Multnomah County election.

500 Words
Opinion:
THE US WEST CONNECTION
Salem's latest appointments melodrama masks a battle of great importance to all Oregonians.

Rogue of the Week
If remorse could reverse roguishness, Oregon Trout would be off the hook.

Scoreboard The week's winners and losers
The hopes of baseball and soccer fans were dashed last week when a marketing survey suggested that Portland has about as much chance as Wankers Corners of attracting a major-league franchise in either sport.

Letters to the Editor
”Sherri Foster does not want to die because she is "sick." She wants to die because her life is painful.”

CultureBuzz
Musical chairs, flying batons more chaos in the local classical music scene
One-page Style Sheet imparts local fashion savvy with some sass
Jazz songs in Hebrew in 7/4 time. Chutzpah or heresy?

Metropolitan  A column by Audrey Van Buskirk
Sushi, stout and a humping bassset hound. Ouch! Too hot to handle.

The Mash  A beer column by Jeff Alworth
Blue Heron Amber Ale is not Dead

Timbre  Music column by Richard Martin
Local compilation CDs offer a chance to familiarize yourself with the musical goings-on around town

Flaming Lips
Rock Preview:
Wayne Coyne wants you to listen to rock in unorthodox ways, at home or in a concert hall.

Zen Guerilla
Rock Preview:
They preach the blues. Get ready to be converted.

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