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October 7, 1999 Issue - 17 Articles-
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Only in America (Review) Russell Baker
, pp. 4-8 Harp Song for a Radical, by Marguerite Young and Charles Ruas
- Harp Song for a Radical by Marguerite Young and Charles Ruas
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Family Secrets (Review) Gabriele Annan
, p. 9 The Last Life, by Claire Messud
- The Last Life by Claire Messud
- The Summer
W.S. Merwin
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The Real Caravaggio (4 Reviews) Ingrid Rowland
, pp. 11-15 Caravaggio: A Life, by Helen Langdon
- Caravaggio: A Life by Helen Langdon
- M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio by Peter Robb
- Caravaggio by Desmond Seward
- Saints and Sinners by Franco Mormando
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It's a Wonderful Life (Review) Benjamin DeMott
, pp. 16-18 Home Town, by Tracy Kidder
- Home Town by Tracy Kidder
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Skin Deep (2 Reviews) Fiona MacCarthy
, pp. 19-20 Making the Body Beautiful, by Sander L. Gilman
- Making the Body Beautiful by Sander L. Gilman
- Survival of the Prettiest by Nancy Etcoff
- Victims of the Victims
Veton Surroi
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The End of Welfare? (Review) Michael Massing
, pp. 22-25 No Shame in My Game, by Katherine S. Newman
- No Shame in My Game by Katherine S. Newman
- The Poet of Karma
Patricia Storace
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Our Own Jacobean (4 Reviews) Fintan O'Toole
, pp. 28-31 Various Voices, by Harold Pinter
- Various Voices by Harold Pinter
- Ashes to Ashes by Harold Pinter
- The Hothouse by Harold Pinter
- The Proust Screenplay by Harold Pinter
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The Camel at the Door (3 Reviews) Noel Annan
, pp. 32-34 First Childhood, by Lord Gerald Hugh Tyrwitt-Wilson Berners
- First Childhood by Lord Gerald Hugh Tyrwitt-Wilson Berners
- A Distant Prospect by Lord Gerald Hugh Tyrwitt-Wilson Berners
- Collected Tales and Fantasies of Lord Berners by Gerald Hugh Tyrwitt-Wilson Berners
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He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (2 Reviews) Roger Alcaly
, pp. 35-39 Productivity Growth, Inflation, and Unemployment, by Robert M. Solow, John B. Taylor, a...
- Productivity Growth, Inflation, and Unemployment by Robert M. Solow, John B. Taylor, and Robert J. Gordon, ...
- Central Banking in Theory and Practice by Alan S. Blinder
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The American Love Boat (Review) Gordon S. Wood
, pp. 40-42 Sentimental Democracy, by Andrew Burstein
- Sentimental Democracy by Andrew Burstein
- Unlocking the Mind's Manacles
Tim Parks
, pp. 43-48 - 'The Picasso Papers'
Harry A. Cooper and Marilyn McCully
, p. 49 An Exchange
- Letters
Helen Epstein and Arnold Birenbaum
, pp. 50-52 - Cover Drawing
David Levine