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January 19, 1998 Issue - 17 Articles- Correspondence, pp. 4-5
Alec Baldwin strikes back, Republicans in the military, etc.
- TRB: No Problem
Jacob Heilbrunn
, p. 6 Conservatives have a new answer to growing income inequality: deny that it exists
- Gender Mending
The Editors
, p. 7 A blue-ribbon commission discovers the solution to sexual harassment in the military: s...
- Notebook, pp. 8-9
A plot against TRN, Arafat's real estate, etc.
- The Hard Questions: Branded
Michael J. Sandel
, p. 10 Why government is not like a box of cornflakes
- Johannesburg Dispatch: Parting Shot
Richard Stengel
, p. 11 Nelson Mandela's valedictory message to South African whites: don't get too comfy
- Tehran Dispatch: Mullah Melee
Carroll R. Bogert
, pp. 12-14 Iran's new president seems to want a more open society and warmer relations with the U....
- Reform Placebo
Jonathan Chait
, pp. 15-16 Republicans and Democrats agree that Clinton's new health care proposals are nothing mo...
- Calling Mr. X
Eliot Cohen
, pp. 17-19 The Pentagon's national defense strategy calls for enough troops, planes, and tanks to ...
- D.C. Confidential
Carl T. Rowan Jr.
, pp. 20-23 The police in the nation's capital were once a top-notch force. But under Mayor Marion ...
Books and the Arts
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On Films: New York Jews (2 Reviews) Stanley Kauffmann
, pp. 24-25 Deconstructing Harry (1997 Film), by Woody Allen
- Deconstructing Harry (1997 Film) by Woody Allen
- Arguing the World (1998 Film) by Joseph Dorman
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Innocence and Experience (3 Reviews) Andre Aciman
, pp. 26-33 French Children of the Holocaust, by Serge Klarsfeld
- French Children of the Holocaust by Serge Klarsfeld
- Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood by Binjamin Wilkomirski
- The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara by David I. Kertzer
- Contemporaries and Ancestors
John Koethe
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The Ego and the Ibid (Review) G.W. Bowersock
, pp. 35-37 The Footnote: A Curious History, by Anthony Grafton
- The Footnote: A Curious History by Anthony Grafton
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The Good Father (Review) Alan Taylor
, pp. 38-41 George Washington: Writings, by John H. Rhodehamel and George Washington
- George Washington: Writings by John H. Rhodehamel and George Washington
- Washington Diarist: State of Nature
Stephen Glass
, pp. 42-44 - Cover, Illustration
Eric Baker and Scott Menchin