February 10, 1997 Issue, THE NEW YORKER

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- Comment: The Roaring Nineties
  John Cassidy
  , pp. 6-7
  Is there still time to get rich?
- The Mail, pp. 8-9
- Goings On About Town, pp. 10-28
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 29-31
  Bubba meets the Blues; Mollie Panter-Downes remembered; etc.
- Letter from Serbia: Aristotle in Belgrade
  Lawrence Weschler
  , pp. 32-40
  Why this revolution isn't velvet
- Life and Letters: The Genius and Mrs. Genius
  Stacy Schiff
  , pp. 41-43
  What did Vera Nabokov do for Vladimir?
- "Life Underground"
  Liliana Ursu
  , pp. 44-47
- Personal History: Tinkering with Death
  Alex Kozinski
  , pp. 48-53
  The author, an appellate judge for the Ninth Circuit, learns how it feels to let a man die
- A Reporter at Large: Perils of the Sphinx
  Alexander Stille
  , pp. 54-65
  Ancient Egypt: too fascinating for its own good
- Showcase: Tony Bennett
  Bruce Weber and Whitney Balliett
  , pp. 66-67
- Fiction: "Big Bucks"
  William Trevor
  , pp. 68-73
  The romance of not going to America
- The Art World
  Calvin Tomkins
  , pp. 74-75
  Willem de Kooning at MOMA
- "In the City of What Once Was"
  Liliana Ursu
  , pp. 76-77
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  The First Liberal (2 Reviews)
  Adam Gopnik
  , pp. 78-81
  Gladstone, by Roy Jenkins
  1. Gladstone by Roy Jenkins
  2. The Two Mr. Gladstones by Travis L. Crosby
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  Tales of Chiapas (Review)
  Peter Canby
  , p. 82
  The Book of Lamentations, by Rosario Castellanos
  1. The Book of Lamentations by Rosario Castellanos
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  Briefly Noted (5 Reviews) , p. 83
  Guided Tours of Hell, by Francine Prose
  1. Guided Tours of Hell by Francine Prose
  2. Sporting with Amaryllis by Paul West
  3. The Invention that Changed the World by Robert Buderi
  4. Life on the Line by Faye Wattleton
  5. The Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks
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  The Current Cinema (2 Reviews)
  Terrence Rafferty
  , pp. 84-85
  Social Studies
  1. Nightjohn: Words Are Freedom (1996 Film) by Charles Burnett
  2. Suburbia (1997 Film) by Richard Linklater
- Shouts & Murmurs
  Daniel Menaker
  , pp. 86-88
  End Game
- Cover: Ole
  Floch