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February 6, 1997 Issue - 15 Articles-
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How the Other Half Lived (Review) Fiona MacCarthy
, pp. 4-7 The Prospect Before Her, by Olwen Hufton
- The Prospect Before Her by Olwen Hufton
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The New Equality (Review) Murray Kempton
, pp. 8-9 All Too Familiar,
- All Too Familiar
- Themes
Czeslaw Milosz
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The Ghost at the Feast (4 Reviews) Geoffrey O'Brien
, pp. 11-15 William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1996 Film), by Baz Luhrmann
- William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1996 Film) by Baz Luhrmann
- Hamlet (1996 Film) by Kenneth Branagh
- Looking for Richard (1996 Film) by Al Pacino
- Twelfth Night (1996 Film) by Trevor Nunn
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An International Episode (Review) Gabriele Annan
, pp. 16-17 Le Divorce, by Diane Johnson
- Le Divorce by Diane Johnson
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Becoming Picasso (Review) James Fenton
, pp. 18-22 A Life of Picasso, Vol II: 1907-1917, by John Richardson
- A Life of Picasso, Vol II: 1907-1917 by John Richardson
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Crooked Bones (Review) Steve Jones
, pp. 23-24 Unraveling Piltdown, by John Evangelist Walsh
- Unraveling Piltdown by John Evangelist Walsh
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It's a Wonderful Life (3 Reviews) Louis Menand
, pp. 25-29 The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996 Film), by Milos Forman
- The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996 Film) by Milos Forman
- People vs. Larry Flynt by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
- An Unseemly Man by Larry Flynt and Kenneth Ross
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The World Turned Upside Down (Review) Frank Kermode
, pp. 30-31 The Dictionary of Global Culture, by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., ...
- The Dictionary of Global Culture by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., ...
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The Plains That Broke the Plow (Review) Page Stegner
, pp. 32-34 Bad Land, by Jonathan Raban
- Bad Land by Jonathan Raban
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In Love with Light (2 Reviews) Francis Haskell
, pp. 35-38 Giambattista Tiepolo, 1696-1770, by Keith Christiansen and Giovanni Tiepolo
- Giambattista Tiepolo, 1696-1770 by Keith Christiansen and Giovanni Tiepolo
- Heaven on Earth by Peter O. Kruckmann
- Palestinian Abuses
William F. Schulz
, p. 39 The Amnesty Report
- 'Hitler's Willing Executioners'
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen and Josef Joffe
, p. 40 An Exchange
- Letters
William C. Summers, M.F. Perutz, and Terry Anderson, ...
, pp. 41-44 - Cover Drawing
David Levine