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June 16, 1997 Issue - 18 Articles- Correspondence, pp. 4-5
Robert Bork v. The Editors, San Francisco v. William Powers, etc.
- TRB: Class
Michael Kelly
, p. 6 What Clinton v. Jones is all about
- The End and The Beginning
The Editors
, p. 7 Africa's choice: a new dark age or a new campact with the world
- Notebook, pp. 8-9
Paulamania, etc.
- Trick of the Trade;An unreleased memo shows that the White House cut a secret textile deal with China---one that benefits China, not America
John B. Judis
, p. 10 - Run Away
Sydney Freedberg Jr.
, pp. 11-13 Public relations flacks have a hot new strategy: surrender
- Exposed
Jeffrey Rosen
, p. 14 The Paul Jones case strips the presidency of its constitutional protection
- The More Things Change
Keith B. Richburg
, pp. 15-18 Western commentators have gotten excited about a "new breed" of African leaders, more p...
- Going Back
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
, pp. 19-22 An African American's journey to a continent he visited twenty-five years ago, at a mor...
- The New Games in Town
Peter Beinart
, pp. 23-26 The story of South Africa's revolutionary transformation still makes the world swoon. U...
- The Hard Questions: Scrilege
Jean Bethke Elshtain
, p. 27 Kill the death penalty
Books and the Arts
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On Films: Stage-Struck (Review) Stanley Kauffmann
, p. 28 Night Falls On Manhattan (1997 Film), by Sidney Lumet
- Night Falls On Manhattan (1997 Film) by Sidney Lumet
- On Dance: Hot Fire
Mindy Aloff
, pp. 29-32 The trivial proficiency of Michael Flatley
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The Threat of Death (2 Reviews) David Rieff
, pp. 33-40 A Month and a Day, by Ken Saro-Wiwa
- A Month and a Day by Ken Saro-Wiwa
- The Open Sore of a Continent by Wole Soyinka
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Essences Rising (Review) James Wood
, pp. 41-43 The Actual, by Saul Bellow
- The Actual by Saul Bellow
- Golden Bough
Susan Mitchell
, pp. 44-45 - Cambridge Diarist: When They Were Kings
Martin Peretz
, pp. 46-48 - Cover
Eric Baker