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How not to be a naysayer

Actions speak louder than ideas.

Slippery slope At Google’s new offices, it’s all fun and games until someone has to choose the color of the slide—or gets hurt.	Winning battles, but not the war House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vigorously defends her performance.
The coffee bard Greg Sherwin is San Francisco's self-appointed guide to the city's increasingly obsessed coffee culture.	The admissions whisperer When it comes to applying for college, some well-connected Bay Area kids have a secret edge: a coach named Mary Clarke.

The ex dishes on Danielle Larger-than-life Silicon Valley pioneer Tom Perkins took Genentech and Google public, built the world’s biggest yacht, and beat a manslaughter rap in France. So what’s the most compelling chapter in his juicy new memoir? The one devoted to his memorable 17 months inside a certain Washington Street mansion.	It’s Oakland’s turn And we don’t mean Rockridge: One nightclub, art gallery, renovated building, shop, restaurant and condo at a time, downtown is becoming the place to be. Resident JAMES O’BRIEN rejoices in the changes, worries about the future, and explores what it means to be an Oaklander now. Plus, check out all the elements of our “Guide to the New Oakland” on the right.
Politics: The 10 women to watch OK, so there’s a dearth of young female successors to Hillary, Di-Fi, Barbara, Nancy, and the other pathfinders who’ve changed American politics for the better. But not all is lost: The Bay Area still boasts some younger women with political rockstar potential. We pick the most likely to succeed.

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Beam Me Up, Scotty

How is it that the glamourous around town can spend their summers sunning on the Cote

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I, Pod

The Apple iTunes revolution, or, the anatomy of a sales job.

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The admissions whisperer

When it comes to applying for college, some well-connected Bay Area kids have a secret edge: a coach named Mary Clarke.

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4/29/08—Supe Ammiano's crew is Dining Out for Life and tipping big. But one pal balks at the four percent surcharge. Scott Hocker asks: Irony, party of six?