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December 29, 1997 Issue - 19 Articles- Correspondence, pp. 8-9
Restoring a canyon, defending Bill Richardson, etc.
- TRB: The Powell Puzzle
Charles Lane
, p. 10 Is America's favorite former general really a product of affirmative action?
- Foul Shots
The Editors
, p. 11 Johnnie Cochran's misguided defense of a violent bastketball superstar
- Notebook, p. 12
Gun-shy warriors, Albright in Africa, etc.
- Lady's Night
Steven D. Stark
, p. 13 The quirky appeal of "Ally McBeal," TV's first-ever prime-time drama about a working woman
- The Hard Questions: Film Projects
Nathan Glazer
, p. 14 A new documentary lays bare the dilemmas of public housing policy
- Croatia Dispatch: On Edge
Marc Champion
, p. 15 Will ethnic cleansing follow the return of Serb-held territory to Zabreb's control?
- Matter Matters
Edward Witten
, pp. 16-17 Supercolliders for subatomic particles cost hundreds of millions of dolalrs. And they'r...
- Men Behaving Badly
Jeffrey Rosen
, pp. 18-19 Contrary to what some Supreme Court Justices seem to thing, same-sex sexual harassment ...
- Miss Treatment
Susan E. Reed
, pp. 20-22 How insurance companies are making women pay the price of health-care cost containment
- The Sick Business
Katherine Eban Finkelstein
, pp. 23-27 Three years ago Congress rejected an uncaring bureaucratic health-care system run by go...
Books and the Arts
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On Films: Around the World (3 Reviews) Stanley Kauffmann
, p. 28 Welcome to Sarajevo (1997 Film), by Michael Winterbottom
- Welcome to Sarajevo (1997 Film) by Michael Winterbottom
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997 Film) by Clint Eastwood
- Kiss or Kill (1997 Film) by Bill Bennett
- On Theater: Ivanov Revisited
Robert Brustein
, p. 29 Chekhov's youthful passion
- Dido in the Underworld
Sidney Wade
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An Indelicate Balance (3 Reviews) James Wood
, pp. 32-35 The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- Mirrorwork by Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West
- A Dragonfly in the Sun by Muneeza Shamsie
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The King Is Dead (Review) Peter Green
, pp. 36-40 Alexander the Great, by Richard Stoneman
- Alexander the Great by Richard Stoneman
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Logocentrism (Review) Jessica Helfand
, pp. 41-45 From Lascaux to Brooklyn, by Paul Rand
- From Lascaux to Brooklyn by Paul Rand
- Cambridge Diarist: I'm Not Pomerantz
Martin Peretz
, pp. 46-48 - Cover
Eric Baker
