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STARRY WEEKEND FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. SEPT. 29-OCT. 2
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The Lowell Observatory's third annual "Star Party" already has its
high spots: the date, a special night with Mars, and a better
location for amateur telescoping. The gathering was moved from late
June to take advantage of autumn's clearer skies. It also puts the
event within a month of Mars' closest approach to Earth this year.
Weather permitting, visitors can see the red planet through the 24-
inch Alvan Clark refractor that Percival Lowell installed in 1896 in
order to study Mars. For nigh...
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Seduced by San Francisco // Bigness in the only sin in capital of small pleasures
Chicago Sun-Times
; SAN FRANCISCO In legend, San Francisco is the scented capital of fern bars, drag queens and skin shows - and it's more than mere legend. But in fact, the city hits you with a rude shock for another reason altogether. Wheeling along the California shore, you get used to the blessed sweep of rocks
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Uncabled Cars; San Francisco's Lesser-Known Trolleys, Offering Postcard Views--Without the Postcards
The Washington Post
; In San Francisco, the little cable cars still climb halfway to the stars, but the journey isn't always as magical as it sounds. What Tony Bennett doesn't mention is that before boarding you may have to stand in an hour-long line that at times resembles the Bataan Death March. As you slowly shuffle
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Project Would Bring Second Largest Bloomingdale's Store to San Francisco.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; By Mary Anne Ostrom, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Ground has been broken on the project to ... all the time. To see more of the San Jose Mercury News, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http ...
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Be a tourist in San Francisco -- and do it via the F line trolley
Oakland Tribune
; THE WORLD agrees. To visit the city by the Golden Gate and not jump aboard a cable car for at least one cling-clanging, hill- climbing ride would be tantamount to visiting the Louvre in Paris and skipping the Mona Lisa. That done, consider the F line in San Francisco. The F line consists of vintage
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SAN FRANCISCO GIVES INITIAL GO-AHEAD TO PAIR OF TALL OFFICE TOWERS PROPOSALS WOULD ERECT CITY'S TALLEST BUILDINGS SINCE MARRIOTT HOTEL BUILT `JUKEBOX' IN 1989.(News/National/International)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; Byline: Gerald D. Adams San Francisco Examiner Scripps-McClatchy Western Service SAN FRANCISCO -- Proposals for what would be the two tallest towers to be erected in San Francisco since the 40-story ``Jukebox'' Marriott Hotel topped out in 1989 have won tentative go-ahead votes from the
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SAN FRANCISCO SHAKES THE QUAKE // A YEAR LATER, BAY AREA TOURISM IS BACK ON TRACK
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... previous year (a statistic clouded by the opening of the 1,500-room San Francisco Marriott last October). But June brought cheering news - the first month-to-month increase in hotel occupancy since the quake - and recently released July figures also showed a rise ...
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Iraq War anniversary protest heats up in San Francisco, Berkeley
Oakland Tribune
; ... that it seemed like a small thing. "It was downplayed on the news," he said. ---------------------- 1:45 p.m. The arrests of the ... taking sides every day." 'We, whose story is never told on Fox news, we, whose pictures are never on the front pages of your newspapers ...
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Nordstom S.F.: staying hot. (San Francisco)
WWD
; NORDSTROM S.F.: STAYING HOT SAN FRANCISCO -- Nordstrom's flagship store at the San Francisco Centre on Market Street has been open since Oct. 7 and already is making a major impact on downtown retailing. The store's first two months have been nothing short of phenomenal, far surpassing the sales
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Civic Center revitalizes San Francisco
The Boston Globe
; ... Market near the Cal Train station and within walking distance of downtown. Meanwhile, down at "the Stick," the 49ers are making news of their own. Political consultant Jack Davis has signed on to head a drive for a new stadium for the 49ers next to Candlestick ...
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Nordstrom sets debut. (new store in San Francisco)
WWD
; NORDSTROM SETS DEBUT SAN FRANCISCO -- Nordstrom will open its largest store Friday at San Francisco Centre. The three-level, 336,000-square-foot Nordstrom cost $70 million to build and will be the sole anchor in the new shopping center at Market and Fifth Streets. Nordstrom executives are expecting
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