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April 28, 1997 Issue - 16 Articles- TRB: Breach of Promise
Michael Kelly
, pp. 4-5 The President wants to repair race relations. He can begin by undoing what he has done
- Correspondence, pp. 6-8
Schifter and Hoffmann v. Heilbrunn on Lake, etc.
- Our Man in Kinshasa
The Editors
, p. 9 Telling Mobutu to go
- Notebook, pp. 10-11
The King family blesses James Earl Ray, Lenin blesses Jesus, Alan Dershowitz blesses hi...
- Dishonest Labor
Jonathan Chait
, pp. 12-15 Alexis Herman is the worst Cabinet nominee in the Clinton administration's history, whi...
- If I Forget Thee
Daniel Pipes
, pp. 16-19 Jerusalem is often dubbed "a city holy to both Muslims and Jews." But history shows tha...
- The Men Who Would Be Newt
Hanna Rosin
, pp. 20-23 Republicans, once giddy to dethrone Newt Gingrich, are suddenly paralyzed by a terrible...
- When We Were Philosopher Kings
Ruth Shalit
, pp. 24-28 Meet the new specialists accompanying doctors on their rounds, bringing Aristotle to th...
- The Hard Questions: Piracy Isn't What It Used to Be
Michael Walzer
, p. 29 Bluebeard, corporate captains and the decline of blunder
Books and the Arts
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On Films: Acting and Offending (2 Reviews) Stanley Kauffmann
, p. 30 Inventing the Abbotts (1997 Film), by Pat O'Connor
- Inventing the Abbotts (1997 Film) by Pat O'Connor
- Liar Liar (1997 Film) by Tom Shadyac
- On Art: Impersonal Enchantment
Jed Perl
, pp. 31-33 The uninvolving mastery of Jeff Wall
- Dickcissel
John Hollander
, pp. 34-35 -
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The Waste Sad Time (Review) Richard Poirier
, pp. 36-44 Inventions of the March Hare, by T.S. Eliot and Christopher Ricks
- Inventions of the March Hare by T.S. Eliot and Christopher Ricks
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The Unmarooned (Review) Caryl Phillips
, pp. 45-49 Texaco, by Patrick Chamoiseau
- Texaco by Patrick Chamoiseau
- Washington Diarist: A Broad Deduction
Susan Ellingwood
, pp. 50-52 - Cover
Eric Baker
