'Food' Tackles a Big History
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January 17, 2008
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Metro was founded in San Jose, Calif., in 1985 and is Santa Clara County's largest weekly newspaper. Metro targets the most desirable consumer-spending segment in one of the nation's wealthiest metropolitan areas -- Silicon Valley. Metro focuses on the 18-to...
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