February 5, 1996 Issue, THE NEW YORKER

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- Comment: Scenes from a Scandal
  David Remnick
  , pp. 4-5
  The things we never learned from Watergate
- In the Mail, pp. 6-7
- Goings On About Town, pp. 8-22
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 23-25
  White House war of words; the computerized jury; etc.
- Annals of Show Business: Bully Boy
  John Gregory Dunne
  , pp. 26-27
  Don Simpson was outrageous, erratic, and a great producer
- "That Vase of Lilacs"
  Kay Ryan
  , pp. 28-31
- Paris Journal: Cinema Dispute
  Adam Gopnik
  , pp. 32-37
  What does a star moviemaker have to fear from intellectuals? In France, everything
- A Reporter at Large: The Next Prime Minister
  Sidney Blumenthal
  , pp. 38-39
  Who is Tony Blair---chic yuppie, pretty-faced Stalin, political Bambi, or a new world l...
- "Reflections in an Extended Kitchen"
  Clive James
  , pp. 40-47
- At the Galleries: The Art of the Brontes
  Mary Hawthorne
  , pp. 48-51
- Personal History: This Wild Darkness
  Harold Brodkey
  , pp. 52-55
  Entries from the journal of the author, who died last Friday
- Fiction: "Ask Me, Ask Me, Ask Me"
  Roddy Doyle
  , pp. 56-61
  A love story in Dublin
- Family Album: Arthur Getz
  Lee Lorenz
  , pp. 62-63
- "Hubris"
  Mary Karr
  , pp. 64-67
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  Books: Revolutionary Theories (2 Reviews)
  Michael Lind
  , pp. 68-69
  A Struggle for Power, by Theodore Draper
  1. A Struggle for Power by Theodore Draper
  2. Founding Father by Richard Brookhiser
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  A Heavy World (Review)
  John Updike
  , pp. 70-71
  The Seven Solitudes of Lorsa Lopez, by Sony Labou Tansi
  1. The Seven Solitudes of Lorsa Lopez by Sony Labou Tansi
- Showcase
  Richard Avedon and Brendan Lemon
  , pp. 72-73
  Frank Langella
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  Books (4 Reviews) , p. 74
  Briefly Noted
  1. Veronica by Nicholas Christopher
  2. The Passion of Alice by Stephanie Grant
  3. Baize-Covered Table with Decanter by Vladimir Makanin
  4. Ain't Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice by April Sinclair
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  The Current Cinema (2 Reviews)
  Terrence Rafferty
  , pp. 75-77
  Wet and Wild
  1. White Squall (1996 Film) by Ridley Scott
  2. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996 Film) by Robert Rodriguez
- Jazz
  Whitney Balliett
  , pp. 78-79
  The tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano
- Shouts & Murmurs
  Christopher Buckley
  , pp. 80-82
  Hillary Pilloried
- Cover: The Boy Who Wanted to Be President
  J.J. Sempe