April 21, 2004 • Vol. 14, No. 17
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COVER STORY
Nuclear Freeze
Nuclear-electric power promises wonderful benefits but also some frightening possibilities. Joe Tarr reports that the state of the industry hasn’t changed enough in the last 40 years to inspire much confidence, even though it appears that a new wave of nuclear plants, inspired by worries of air pollution from coal-fired power plants, may be on the way.
FEATURE
A Quiet Goodbye
As Mark Lamb prepares to perform his last show with Circle Modern Dance and point his talent toward the Big Apple, Paige M. Travis recounts his successes and future plans.
SPECIAL REPORT
Fables of the Reconstruction
A Coalition memo reveals that even true believers see the seeds of civil war in the occupation of Iraq. A special Association of Alternative Newsweeklies report by Jason Vest.
Citybeat
The Dogwood Arts Festival lived up to its “new and improved” billing, Jack Neely discovers; and Barry Henderson finds that the number of false alarms answered here, especially by city police, is, well, alarming.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.
• EAR TO THE GROUND
• LETTERS •
Opinion
Joe Sullivan
sees the UT presidential search process as exemplary and tracks the Knox County school board and administration as they wrangle over the budget for the coming school year,
Barry Henderson
laments the decimation of our environmental expectations
Editor's Corner,
and Jack Neely
steers down Thunder Road toward its calamitous ending in
Secret History.
A&E
Mike Gibson chats with jazz pianist Hank Jones, and we take Nelly Furtado and Patterson Hood for a spin Platters.
• EYE ON THE SCENE
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• SPOTLIGHTS •
Movie Guru
Coury Turczyn reviews Kill Bill, Vol. 2.
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