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This Week
December 14-20, 1995

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Lifestyle on Trial: A young woman's passion for self-determination and fear of the medical establishment led her to turn to an herbal abortifacient. But was her ultimate death a result of the Pennyroyal Tea or was it an unrelated accident?

Arts & Entertainment
Movies
Cry, the Beloved Country: The latest adaption of Alan Paton's novel of South Africa in the 1940s.

Sabrina: Julia Ormond makes a career of choosing between two men.

Music
J Church: San Francisco's hot punk trio makes its South Bay debut.

Gang of Four: Their latests CD crackles with restive force and savage intelligence.

Audiofile: Reviews of new CDs by the Mermen, Mike Scott, L.L. Cool J, and Dean James.

Beat Street: The Hi-Fives get caught in a Green Day mosh.

Art
Alan Rath: The sculptor questions the promises of technology.

Books
Isabel Allende: Searching for ancient meaning in the modern suffering of her daughter.

Maryse Condé: A praise-song to one of the backwaters of the West Indies--Guadeloupe

Comics
Good News, Bad News: Cartoonist tax may be voided; Hernandezes end 'Love and Rockets'

Theater
La Posada Magica: SJ Rep presents a different kind of seasonal entertainment.

Dining
Faz-tastic: Great, huge, winning flavors at Faz Sunnyvale

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