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August 5, 1996 Issue - 18 Articles- Comment: Glittering Prize
James Traub
, pp. 4-5 Imagine the XXIX Olympiad right here
- In the Mail, pp. 6-7
- Goings on About Town, pp. 8-22
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 23-25
Moynihan on welfare wimps; bucks and Balzac; etc.
- Letter from Atlanta
David Remnick
, pp. 26-28 Inside-Out Olympics
- Letter from Washington
Michael Kelly
, pp. 29-33 The Minimally Acceptable Man
- A Reporter at Large
Jonathan Harr
, pp. 34-55 The Crash Detectives
- Our Far-Flung Correspondents
Calvin Trillin
, pp. 56-59 Anne of Red Hair
- "The Rag Rug"
Ted Hughes
, pp. 60-61 - Fiction: "The Revival"
Julian Barnes
, pp. 62-67 The Critics
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John Dos Passos's Century (Review) Joseph Epstein
, pp. 68-69 U.S.A., by John Dos Passos
- U.S.A. by John Dos Passos
- "Black Hair"
Ted Hughes
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Tummy Trouble in Tinseltown (Review) John Updike
, p. 74 I'm Losing You, by Bruce Wagner
- I'm Losing You by Bruce Wagner
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Briefly Noted (5 Reviews) , p. 75 Derby Dugan's Depression Funnies, by Tom De Haven
- Derby Dugan's Depression Funnies by Tom De Haven
- Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream by John Derbyshire
- The Shadow Man by Mary Gordon
- Fields of Battle by John Keegan
- Cortege by Carl Phillips
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The Current Cinema (2 Reviews) Anthony Lane
, pp. 76-77 The Dumbing of Emma
- Emma (1996 Film) by Douglas McGrath#2
- Kingpin (1996 Film) by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly
- Musical Events
Paul Griffiths
, pp. 78-79 Getting to know Messiaen
- Shouts & Murmurs
John Seabrook
, pp. 80-82 The Return of Baal
- Cover: Helter Swelter
Michael Roberts
