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...which was produced indoors. With the risk of an outdoor field being spotted by authorities, many growers have moved into abandoned warehouses with low rents. In the biggest raid yet in 1981, DEA agents found $200,000 worth of hydroponic pot in a warehouse just outside of San Fransisco two weeks ago. To their dismay, the crop was not only growing faster than normal, but it contained, according to the DEA, "at least twice as much THC tetrahy-drocannibol--pot's active ingredient) as the best Colombran grass...
...which is a decent premise. The possibilities offered a screen writer by the subject of time travel are many--one of the very good short-lived movies of last year featured H.G. Wells travelling to modern day San Fransisco where he fell in love with a modern daywoman. And yet, very shortly into this film, it's clear the movie will not explore any of the possibilities the device offers. This film was conceived almost solely as a vehicle for Reeves, a great big lumbering semi with all the surprise and delight of deisel mechania...
Some editorials made the American impression even more clear. The San Fransisco Chronicle, asking what kind of government Iran could possibly have lacking the Shah concluded that "it would be hard to convince us that any modern state as large and economically advanced as Iran could conceivably be ruled successfully or for long by the kind of fanatic priesthood that Khomeini symbolizes...
...multinational banks--with the total lending from U.S. banks since the coup in 1973 surpassing $900 million. The report identifies the major U.S. banks who have "buoyed" the Chilean government. They are the Bankers Trust of New York, the Chemical Bank of New York, Wells Fargo Bank of San Fransisco, Citicorp of New York, First Chicago Bank, and Morgan Guarantee Trust...
...include Anthony Amesterdam-a noted civil liberties lawyer who recently defended Earl Caldwell, a black reporter for the New York Times who successfully contested an attempt by a California Grand Jury to force him to hand over his notes on the Black Panther Party-and Jerome Falk, a San Fransisco lawyer who has handled the legal defense for the embattled California Rural Legal Assistance program...