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December 2, 1996 Issue - 20 Articles- TRB: Our Hero
Michael Kelly
, pp. 6-7 Bill Clinton saves liberalism
- Correspondence, pp. 8-10
Stephen Glass v. the Anti-Defamation League, etc.
- The Discovery of Gravity
The Editors
, p. 11 By the way, are our troops leaving Bosnia?
- Notebook, p. 12
Battlin' Bob's last stand, Texaco's falling star, etc.
- E.G.G. Heads
Hanna Rosin
, p. 13 In Clinton's second Cabinet, bean-counting lives
- Yeoville Postcard: Rockey Road
Craig Charney
, pp. 14-15 South Africa's model neighborhood struggles to stay afloat
- On the Hill: Alienated Labor
Linda Killian
, pp. 16-18 What the AFL-CIO got for its $35 million
- Taking Our Medicine
Matthew Miller
, pp. 19-23 Liberals are squawking, but the rash of hospital mergers is a good thing
- The Rainbow Coalition
Jim Sleeper
, pp. 24-27 The civil rights establishment said blacks couldn't win in white districts. November 5 ...
- Flirting with Disaster
Jacob Heilbrunn
, pp. 28-33 Bill Clinton's foreign policy has operated on a simple premise: defer problems and let ...
- Days of Reckoning
Carl M. Cannon
, pp. 34-38 Paula Jones, Huang-gate and Whitewater: coming soon to a courtroom near you
- The Hard Questions: For Identity
Michael Walzer
, p. 39 The right multiculturalism
Books and the Arts
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On Films: Blanking Verse (2 Reviews) Stanley Kauffmann
, pp. 40-41 Twelfth Night (1996 Film), by Trevor Nunn
- Twelfth Night (1996 Film) by Trevor Nunn
- William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1996 Film) by Baz Luhrmann
- On Art: Flag Burning
Jed Perl
, pp. 42-45 The sly fakery of Jasper Johns
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Knowledge and Acquiantance (Review) Richard Rorty
, pp. 46-49 Bertrand Russell: The Spirit of Solitude, 1872-1921, by Ray Monk
- Bertrand Russell: The Spirit of Solitude, 1872-1921 by Ray Monk
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Revolutionary Ware (2 Reviews) Jackson Lears
, pp. 50-57 American Plastic: A Cultural History, by Jeffrey L. Meikle
- American Plastic: A Cultural History by Jeffrey L. Meikle
- Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century by Stephen Fenichell
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Reel Time (Review) David Thomson
, pp. 58-59 Flickers, by Gilbert Adair
- Flickers by Gilbert Adair
- The Philosopher Said And I Said
Susan Lasher
, pp. 60-61 - New Haven Diarist: Old Man on Campus
Charles Lane
, pp. 62-64 - Cover, illustration
Robert Grossman and Eric Baker