August 25, 2008

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August 25, 2008

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L.A.'S FAST-FOOD DRIVE-BY

L.A.'S FAST-FOOD DRIVE-BY

By ANNE KINGSTON, NICHOLAS KÖHLER13 min
Settling the score
THE BACK PAGES

Settling the score

By SARMISHTA SUBRAMANIAN12 min
BREAKING OUT THE GOOD CHINA FOR THE OLYMPICS
SPORTS

BREAKING OUT THE GOOD CHINA FOR THE OLYMPICS

By KEN MACQUEEN, JONATHON GATEHOUSE12 min
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L.A.'S FAST-FOOD DRIVE-BY 3637

L.A.'S FAST-FOOD DRIVE-BY

A city council’s ban on fast-food chains is a provocative social experiment By ANNE KINGSTON, NICHOLAS KÖHLER13 min
Settling the score 5253
THE BACK PAGES

Settling the score

If you think the responses to the CBC hockey contest are passionate now, just wait By SARMISHTA SUBRAMANIAN12 min
BREAKING OUT THE GOOD CHINA FOR THE OLYMPICS 4243
SPORTS

BREAKING OUT THE GOOD CHINA FOR THE OLYMPICS

China’s drive to put its best face forward makes it easy to forget its iron-fisted leaders By KEN MACQUEEN, JONATHON GATEHOUSE12 min
‘RCMP informant Mubin Shaikh wants a raise? I think that’s called a Shaikh-down.’ 67
MAIL BAG

‘RCMP informant Mubin Shaikh wants a raise? I think that’s called a Shaikh-down.’

LUIZA CH. SAVAGE’S excellent article about Islamic states using the United Nations to enact international “anti-defamation” rules is long past due and should be widely disseminated (“Stifling free speech—globally,” World, Aug. 4).
THERE WILL BE PAIN 3031
BUSINESS

THERE WILL BE PAIN

Inflation is crippling nations around the globe. Can we really keep it out of Canada? By DUNCAN HOOD11 min
PUTIN’S MASTER PLAN 2425
WORLD

PUTIN’S MASTER PLAN

Russia's invasion of Georgia is part of a bigger fight that pits Moscow against the West

 By MICHAEL PETROU10 min
'One study of a busy stretch of urban road found that there were 1,300 pieces of information every minute at 30 mph' 1617
INTERVIEW

'One study of a busy stretch of urban road found that there were 1,300 pieces of information every minute at 30 mph'

TOM VANDERBILT TALKS WITH JOHN INTINI ABOUT THE LINK BETWEEN CORRUPTION AND DRIVING, AND WHY A LITTLE ROAD RAGE MAY BE GOOD
ALL FOR ONE 4849
SPORTS

ALL FOR ONE

The team-first attitude makes this squad a standout By JONATHON GATEHOUSE7 min
The prodigal subversive returns 5859
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The prodigal subversive returns

Tomi Ungerer, controversial '60s creator of classic children's literature, is back in print By Brian Bethune7 min
‘THIS IS NOT YOUR FIEFDON, SIR’ 2021
NATIONAL

‘THIS IS NOT YOUR FIEFDON, SIR’

No election date yet but in the committees, the fight’s already on By JOHN GEDDES6 min
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