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December 1998 Issue - 19 Articles- 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 8-11
- Letters, pp. 12-23
- The December Almanac, pp. 24-25
- Notes & Comment: Back to Basics
Cullen Murphy
, pp. 26-29 - Personal File: Neshering
Edith Pearlman
, pp. 30-31 - Foreign Affairs: Hoods Against Democrats
Robert D. Kaplan
, pp. 32-43 - Travel: An Old-fashioned Christmas
Corby Kummer
, pp. 44-50 - The Prison-Industrial Complex
Eric Schlosser
, pp. 51-79 - Lost in Translation
Stephen Budiansky
, pp. 80-84 - America's Maginot Line
Paul Bracken
, pp. 85-91 - Invention
Billy Collins
, pp. 92-93 - Today Is Sunday
Peter Ho Davies
, pp. 94-95 A short story
- Crepe Myrtles
Cathy Smith Bowers
, pp. 96-97 - Music: Mahler's Unfinished Symphony
William H. Youngren
, pp. 98-105 Books
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Dirty Hands (Review) Benjamin Schwarz
, pp. 106-115 Our Own Backyard, by William M. LeoGrande
- Our Own Backyard by William M. LeoGrande
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Brief Reviews (8 Reviews) Phoebe-Lou Adams
, pp. 116-118 Master Georgie, by Beryl Bainbridge
- Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
- The Undiscovered Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
- A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories by Victor Pelevin
- The Last Dinosaur Book by W.J.T. Mitchell
- Dinosaur Impressions by Philippe Taquet
- The Haunted Tea-Cosy by Edward Gorey
- Harvest Son by David Mas Masumoto
- Field of Thirteen by Dick Francis
- The Puzzler
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
, p. 119 - Word Watch
Anne H. Soukhanov
, pp. 120-122 - Cover art
Seymour Chwast
