May 15, 1995 Issue, THE NEW YORKER

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- Comment: Without a Trace
  Sara Mosle
  , pp. 7-11
  An East Texas tragedy's aftermath has particular resonance
- In the Mail, pp. 12-13
- Goings On About Town, pp. 14-32
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 33-37
  Washington table talk; New York wish fulfillment; a doctor's return from Oklahoma; Fran...
- Annals of Accountability: Children of Waco
  Peter J. Boyer
  , pp. 38-45
  The Oklahoma bombing was reopened questions on the Waco disaster, and on Janet Reno's e...
- Astronomical Notebook: Minds and Matter
  Timothy Ferris
  , pp. 46-47
  Cosmologists convene to talk about holes, strings, and bangs---and the other great myst...
- "Ceasefire"
  Michael Longley
  , pp. 48-51
- A Reporter at Large: Master of Illusion
  Stephen Schiff
  , pp. 52-69
  When Maurice Saatchi was ousted from the advertising conglomerate he had made into the ...
- Letter from the Andes: The New Politics of Coca
  Andrew Weil
  , pp. 70-73
  South America's Indians are fighting a new drug war with Washington---and it's over the...
- "To My Son"
  Stephen Berg
  , pp. 74-79
- Sketchbook: Moonglow
  Red Grooms
  , pp. 80-81
- Fiction: "His Women"
  Alice Adams
  , pp. 82-86
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  Pomp and Circumstances (Review)
  Peter Ackroyd
  , pp. 87-89
  Walter Pater: Lover of Strange Souls, by Denis Donoghue
  1. Walter Pater: Lover of Strange Souls by Denis Donoghue
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  Twentieth-Century Demeter (Review)
  Helen Vendler
  , pp. 90-92
  Mother Love, by Rita Dove
  1. Mother Love by Rita Dove
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  Recommended Reading (4 Reviews) , p. 93
  Imperfect Thirst, by Galway Kinnell
  1. Imperfect Thirst by Galway Kinnell
  2. The Ghost Trio by Linda Bierds
  3. Dared and Done by Julia Markus
  4. The Double Flame by Octavio Paz
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  The Current Cinema (2 Reviews)
  Terrence Rafferty
  , pp. 94-95
  Going Under
  1. Crimson Tide (1995 Film) by Tony Scott
  2. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995 Film) by Christopher Monger
- "Still-Life in Garden"
  Rachel Hadas
  , p. 96
- "Hamlet"
  John Lahr
  , pp. 97-99
- "Indiscretions," "The Rose Tattoo"
  Nancy Franklin
  , pp. 100-101
- Shouts & Murmurs
  Calvin Trillin
  , pp. 102-104
  What's the Good Word?
- Cover: Mother's Day
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