May 29, 1995 Issue, THE NEW YORKER

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- Comment: N.R.A., G.O.P., R.I.P.
  Sean Wilentz
  , pp. 6-7
  What George Bush finally realized, a little too late
- In the Mail, pp. 8-11
- Goings On About Town, pp. 12-30
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 31-35
  The Blacktop Softball League; a smokin' Biennial; fifteen more minutes for the woman wh...
- Dept. of Disputation: The Ultimate Block Grant
  Michael Kinsley
  , pp. 36-40
  Liberals and conservatives are fighting over welfare. Maybe it's time to reconsider a p...
- Our Local Correspondents: The Political Supermarket
  James Traub
  , pp. 41-44
  When a grocery chain offered to open a branch in East Harlem, the politicians went on a...
- City Perils: The Fifty-Name-Story Crisis
  Joe Morgenstern
  , pp. 45-47
  Citicorp Center's top engineer faced his worst nightmare: the realization that his skys...
- "Woman Police Officer in Elevator"
  James Lasdun
  , pp. 48-53
- A Reporter at Large: State Secrets
  Calvin Trillin
  , pp. 54-63
  Throughout the civil-rights era, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission spied on ...
- A Night on the Town: Serious Style
  Robert Risko and Hilton Als
  , pp. 64-67
  The fashion world gives its best to fight AIDS
- Fiction: "Deep River"
  Richard Ford
  , pp. 68-69
- "Horned Poppy"
  Vicki Feaver
  , pp. 70-83
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  Rhyme and Unreason (Review)
  Anthony Lane
  , pp. 84-88
  Edward Lear, by Peter Levi
  1. Edward Lear by Peter Levi
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  Box Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar Code (Review)
  John Updike
  , p. 89
  The Total Package, by Thomas Hine
  1. The Total Package by Thomas Hine
- "Some Last Words"
  Mark Strand
  , p. 90
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  The Current Cinema (2 Reviews)
  Terrence Rafferty
  , pp. 91-93
  The Avengers
  1. Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995 Film) by John McTiernan
  2. A Little Princess (1995 Film) by Alfonso Cuaron
- Musical Events
  Paul Griffiths
  , pp. 94-95
  A new opera from John Adams
- Shouts & Murmers
  Ian Frazier
  , pp. 96-98
  Your Face or Mine
- Cover: Le Dejeuner sur l'Herrbe
  Mark Ulriksen