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December 2, 1996 Issue - 21 Articles- Comment: Enabling Washington
Lawrence Weschler
, pp. 9-11 And keeping Bosnia and The Hague waiting
- In the Mail, pp. 12-13
- Goings On About Town, pp. 14-44
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 45-49
Behind the Boutros-Ghali booting; my father; Alger Hiss; etc.
- Dept. of Disputation: The Decline of Economics
John Cassidy
, pp. 50-57 Fifty years after Keynes, the science is in a slump
- "The Scholar"
Vijay Seshadri
, pp. 58-64 - Paris Journal: A Tale of Two Cities
Adam Gopnik
, pp. 65-69 The Flore, the Deux Magots, and the nature of chic
- A Reporter at Large: A New Kind of Contagion
John Lanchester
, pp. 70-75 Why are researchers so worried about a link between mad-cow disease and an illness that...
- Onstage: Rosemary Clooney
Fergus Greer and Whitney Balliett
, pp. 76-81 - At the Galleries: The Long Books
Roger Angell
, pp. 82-85 - Fiction: "Killing Babies"
T. Coraghessan Boyle
, pp. 86-89 Just what is big brother up to?
- Showcase
Francois-Marie Banier and Calvin Tomkins
, pp. 90-97 Princess Caroline of Monaco
The Critics
- A Critic at Large
Alma Guillermoprieto
, pp. 98-106 The real Eva Peron
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All the Pope's Men (Review) Garry Wills
, pp. 107-112 His Holiness, by Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi
- His Holiness by Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi
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Hardly Cricket (Review) Michael Hofmann
, pp. 113-114 High Latitudes, by James Buchan
- High Latitudes by James Buchan
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Briefly Noted (5 Reviews) , p. 115 The Enchantment of Lily Dahl, by Siri Hustvedt
- The Enchantment of Lily Dahl by Siri Hustvedt
- Houdini!!! by Kenneth Silverman
- Water: A Natural History by Alice Outwater
- Rumors and Stones: A Journey by Wayne Karlin
- Tyranny of the Normal by Leslie Fiedler
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The Current Cinema (2 Reviews) Terrence Rafferty
, pp. 116-117 Playing With Fire
- Shine (1996 Film) by Scott Hicks
- The Crucible (1996 Film) by Nicholas Hytner
- "Wind Blowing"
Emily Hahn
, pp. 118-120 - The Theatre
John Lahr
, pp. 121-123 David Henry Hwang's "Golden Child"
- Shouts & Murmurs
Calvin Trillin
, pp. 124-126 Wonton Lust
- Cover: Dressed Turkey
Peter de Seve
