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August 19, 2010 Issue - 29 Articles- Meritocrats
Tony Judt
, pp. 4-7 -
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'Why Has He Fallen Short?' (Review) Frank Rich
, pp. 8-13 The Promise, by Jonathan Alter
- The Promise by Jonathan Alter
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'A Rapturous Spooky Dream' (Review) Julian Bell
, pp. 14-17 Richard Hamilton, by Hal Foster, Alex Bacon, and Richard Hamilton
- Richard Hamilton by Hal Foster, Alex Bacon, and Richard Hamilton
- On Handguns and the Law
Stephen Breyer
, pp. 18-21 -
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The Marrying Kind (5 Reviews) Diane Johnson
, pp. 22-26 Marriage and Other Acts of Charity, by Kate Braestrup
- Marriage and Other Acts of Charity by Kate Braestrup
- The Marriage-Go-Round by Andrew J. Cherlin
- Why Him? Why Her? by Helen Fisher
- Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Marry Him by Lori Gottlieb
- Vermeer
Wislawa Szymborska
, p. 27 - The Euro & the Crisis
George Soros
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Strangely Sinister in Saratoga (Review) Christopher Benfey
, pp. 30-32 The Fall of the House of Walworth, by Geoffrey O'Brien
- The Fall of the House of Walworth by Geoffrey O'Brien
- Brotherhood
Sue Halpern
, pp. 33-34 - The Temptation of Elena Kagan
Ronald Dworkin
, pp. 35-38 -
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Bitter Truths (Review) Sanford Schwartz
, pp. 39-40 Otto Dix, by Olaf Peters
- Otto Dix by Olaf Peters
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How Great Was Churchill? (Review) Brian Urquhart
, pp. 41-43 Winston's War, by Max Hastings
- Winston's War by Max Hastings
- The Shame of the World Cup
Tim Parks
, pp. 44-49 -
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Good-bye to Dubai (3 Reviews) Joshua Hammer
, pp. 50-52 Dubai: Gilded Cage, by Syed Ali
- Dubai: Gilded Cage by Syed Ali
- Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success by Christopher M. Davidson
- City of Gold by Jim Krane
- The CIA and WMDs: The Damning Evidence
Fulton Armstrong and Thomas Powers
, p. 53 -
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The Short Happy Life of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov (Review) Elaine Blair
, pp. 54-55 Oblomov, by Ivan Goncharov and Marian Schwartz
- Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov and Marian Schwartz
- Iraq: The Impasse
Joost Hiltermann
, pp. 56-58 -
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The Prime of Muriel Spark (Review) David Lodge
, pp. 59-60 Muriel Spark: The Biography, by Martin Stannard
- Muriel Spark: The Biography by Martin Stannard
- The Health Bill Explained at Last
Jonathan Oberlander and Theodore Marmor
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South Africa: The Truth Teller (Review) Joseph Lelyveld
, p. 64 Kith, Kin and Khaya, by David Goldblatt
- Kith, Kin and Khaya by David Goldblatt
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Hide and Be Found (2 Reviews) Mark Ford
, pp. 65-66 Rain, by Don Paterson
- Rain by Don Paterson
- Where's the Moon, There's the Moon by Dan Chiasson
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The Most Happy Couple (2 Reviews) Martin Filler
, pp. 67-71 Victoria and Albert, by Jonathan Marsden
- Victoria and Albert by Jonathan Marsden
- The Young Victoria (2009 Film) by Jean-Marc Vallee
- The New Challenge to Repressive Cuba
Daniel Wilkinson
, pp. 72-74 -
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The Beauty of Hermetic, Corrupt World (Review) Ruth Franklin
, pp. 75-77 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by David Mitchell
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
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The Beats: Pictures of a Legend (Review) Edmund White
, pp. 78-79 Best Memories: The Photography of Allen Ginsberg, by Sarah Greenough and Allen Ginsberg
- Best Memories: The Photography of Allen Ginsberg by Sarah Greenough and Allen Ginsberg
- The Roberts Court vs. Free Speech
David Cole
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Righteous & Wrong (5 Reviews) Malise Ruthven
, pp. 84-87 The Flight of the Intellectuals, by Paul Berman
- The Flight of the Intellectuals by Paul Berman
- Nomad: From Islam to America by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Terror and Liberalism by Paul Berman
- Taming the Gods by Ian Buruma
- Facts Are Subversive by Timothy Garton Ash
- 'The Food Movement, Rising'
Michael Pollan
, p. 88 An Exchange
- 'The Tea Party Jacobins': An Exchange
Mark Lilla
, pp. 89-92