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October 7, 1996 Issue - 20 Articles- Comment: The Clinton Doctrine
Martin Walker
, pp. 6-9 Why the Test Ban Treaty wasn't a big bant
- In the Mail, pp. 10-13
- Goings On About Town, pp. 14-36
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 37-39
Waiting for the Yankees; a last bash for the Herald Tribune; etc.
- The Campaign Trail: Newt's Rage
Michael Kelly
, pp. 40-43 Has Bob Dole been listening to it?
- Paris Journal: The First Frenchman
Adam Gopnik
, pp. 44-52 The left, the right, and the head of Yves Saint Laurent are battling over a fifth-centu...
- "Vermin"
William Matthews
, p. 53 - A Reporter at Large: Unfinished Business
Mark Singer
, pp. 54-63 Just before the 1992 election, Brett Kimberlin claimed to be a political prisoner becau...
- "Lucky Palms"
Stephen Jamison
, pp. 64-67 - On Stage: Karole Armitage
Guy Aroch and James Traub
, pp. 68-71 - Annals of Science: The birth of an Idea
Robert S. Boynton
, pp. 72-77 What does Darwin have in common with Virginia Woolf, Lenin, and Bill Gates, and does it...
- Showcase: Larry Flynt
Helmut Newton and James Wolcott
, pp. 78-81 - Fiction: "Dumbness Is Everything"
Harold Brodkey
, pp. 82-85 The author's last story
- "The Something"
Charles Simic
, pp. 86-89 The Critics
- A Critic at Large
Hermione Lee
, pp. 90-95 The novels of Angela Thirkell
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Books (4 Reviews) , p. 96 Briefly Noted
- Heat Wave by Penelope Lively
- Charles Ives: A Life with Music by Jan Swafford
- The Blue-Eyed Tarokaja by Donald Keene
- Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century by Stephen Fenichell
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The Current Cinema (2 Reviews) Terrence Rafferty
, pp. 97-99 The Freshmen
- Infinity (1996 Film) by Matthew Broderick
- That Thing You Do! (1996 Film) by Tom Hanks
- The Art World
Calvin Tomkins
, pp. 100-103 The return of Yayoi Kusama
- Shouts & Murmurs
Christopher Buckley
, pp. 104-106 Small-Aircraft Advisory
- Cover: The Deluge
Edward Sorel
