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July 11, 1996 Issue - 17 Articles-
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The Shadow Saint (Review) Murray Kempton
, pp. 4-5 The Missionary Position, by Christopher Hitchens
- The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens
- Europe
Tony Judt
, pp. 6-9 The Grand Illusion
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The Pleasures of Melodrama (Review) Richard Jenkyns
, pp. 10-12 George Cruikshank's Life, Times, and Art, by Robert L. Patten
- George Cruikshank's Life, Times, and Art by Robert L. Patten
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The Would-Be Progressives (5 Reviews) Garry Wills
, pp. 13-16 They Only Look Dead, by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
- They Only Look Dead by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
- In Defense of Government by Jacob Weisberg
- Left for Dead by Michael Tomasky
- Values Matter Most by Ben J. Wattenberg
- The New Promise of American Life by Lamar Alexander and Chester E. Finn, Jr.
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The Politics of Dignity (Review) Alan Ryan
, pp. 17-19 The Decent Society, by Avishai Margalit
- The Decent Society by Avishai Margalit
- Cabbage and Carrot
Joseph Brodsky
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Goodbye to Affirmative Action? (5 Reviews) Andrew Hacker
, pp. 21-28 The Ironies of Affirmative Action, by John David Skrentny
- The Ironies of Affirmative Action by John David Skrentny
- Ending Affirmative Action by Terry Eastland
- In Defense of Affirmative Action by Barbara R. Bergmann
- Divided by Color by Donald R. Kinder and Lynn M. Sanders
- The Future of the Race by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cornel West
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The Book of Cohen (Review) John Weightman
, pp. 29-31 Belle du Seigneur, by Albert Cohen
- Belle du Seigneur by Albert Cohen
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How to Win the Tobacco War (3 Reviews) Michael Massing
, pp. 32-36 Ashes to Ashes, by Richard Kluger
- Ashes to Ashes by Richard Kluger
- The Cigarette Papers by Stanton A. Glantz, John Slade, Lisa A. Bero, and Peter Hanauer, ...
- Smokescreen by Philip J. Hilts
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The Orpheus of Ulster (3 Reviews) James Fenton
, pp. 37-41 The Spirit Level, by Seamus Heaney
- The Spirit Level by Seamus Heaney
- The Redress of Poetry by Seamus Heaney
- Crediting Poetry by Seamus Heaney
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Some Versions of Pastoral (4 Reviews) Bill McKibben
, pp. 42-45 Dream Reaper, by Craig Canine
- Dream Reaper by Craig Canine
- Fields Without Dreams by Victor Davis Hanson
- Another Turn of the Crank by Wendell Berry
- The Stork and the Plow by Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich, and Gretchen C. Daily, ...
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Stalin and the Jews (2 Reviews) Robert Conquest
, pp. 46-49 Out of the Red Shadows, by Gennadi Kostyrchenko
- Out of the Red Shadows by Gennadi Kostyrchenko
- The Bones of Berdichev by John Garrard and Carol Garrard
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A Simple Facilitator (Review) P.N. Furbank
, pp. 50-52 Lafayette in Two Worlds, by Lloyd Kramer
- Lafayette in Two Worlds by Lloyd Kramer
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Mrs. Eddy Builds Her Empire (4 Reviews) Caroline Fraser
, pp. 53-59 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy
- Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
- "With Bleeding Footsteps" by Robert David Thomas
- Christian Science by Mark Twain
- The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science by Georgine Milmine
- The Nation's Progress
Murray Kempton
, p. 60 - 'How to Succeed in Business'
Thomas M. Doerflinger and Jeff Madrick
, p. 60 An Exchange
- Letters
Martin Bernal, Jasper Griffin, and Alberto Arbasino, ...
, pp. 61-64