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December 2007 Issue - 30 ArticlesThe Agenda
- Comment
Clive Crook
, pp. 21-24 Why homeownership may be bad for America
- Calendar
Matthew Quirk
, p. 25 Facebook for spies; long live the queen; the $260,150 handbag
- Primary Sources, pp. 26-29
Pre-seniors on the march; have-not nation; do gamers dream of electric abs?
- Poll, pp. 30-31
Striking al-Qaeda in Pakistan
- The World in Business
Matthew Quirk
, pp. 32-33 Slums are burgeoning worldwide---and that's a good thing
- Business
Joshua Green
, pp. 34-35 Can Google "not be evil" and still fend off the government?
- Medicine
Shannon Brownlee
, pp. 36-39 The health-care crisis no candidate is addressing? Too many doctors
Features
- Goodbye to All That
Andrew Sullivan
, pp. 40-51 The meaning of Obama
- Teacher and Apprentice
Marc Ambinder
, pp. 56-59 Inside the Democrats' war rooms
- How Hollywood Saved God
Hanna Rosin
, pp. 68-79 Philip Pullman's road to the big screen
Scents and Sensibility
- Starting from scratch in Afghanistan
Sarah Chayes
, pp. 80-85 Cover to Cover
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Society and Culture Silent Movies, by Peter Kobel (2 Reviews) , p. 114 - Silent Movies by Peter Kobel
- The Great Funk by Thomas Hine
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History What Hath God Wrought, by Daniel Walker Howe (3 Reviews) , p. 114 - What Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe
- The Whisperers by Orlando Figes
- Discovery! by Wallace Stegner
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Biography and Memoir A Life of Picasso, Vol. III: 1917-1932, by Joh... (3 Reviews) , pp. 115-116 - A Life of Picasso, Vol. III: 1917-1932 by John Richardson
- Mandela: A Critical Life by Tom Lodge
- Mr. Basketball by Michael Schumacher
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 12-20
Poetry
- She Put On Her Lipstick in the Dark
Stuart Dischell
, pp. 52-55 - The Voluptuous Dancing Girls of Egypt
Robin Ekiss
, pp. 60-67 - Poem in the Prophetic Manner
David Lehman
, pp. 86-92 The Critics
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Charm Offensive (2 Reviews) Benjamin Schwarz
, pp. 93-98 Napoleon's Master, by David Lawday
- Napoleon's Master by David Lawday
- The Duff Cooper Diaries by John Julius Norwich and Duff Cooper
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A Bright Shining Lie (Review) B.R. Myers
, pp. 99-103 Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson
- Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
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Faster, Faster (Review) Thomas Mallon
, pp. 104-106 The Letters of Noel Coward, by Barry Day and Noel Coward
- The Letters of Noel Coward by Barry Day and Noel Coward
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The Courtier (Review) Christopher Hitchens
, pp. 107-113 Journals, 1952-2000, by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. and Stephen Schlesinger, ...
- Journals, 1952-2000 by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. and Stephen Schlesinger, ...
- Travels
James Fallows
, pp. 117-119 - Food
Corby Kummer
, pp. 120-124 - Culture and Commerce
Virginia Postrel
, pp. 125-129 - Technology
Bill McKibben
, pp. 130-136 - Content
Michael Hirschorn
, pp. 137-143 - Word Fugitives
Barbara Wallraff
, pp. 144-146 - Cover: Photomosaic of Barack Obama
Brooks Kraft
