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March 24, 1997 Issue - 18 Articles- Comment: It Takes a Villa
Adam Hochschild
, pp. 6-9 From the Riviera, Mobutu Sese Seko follows tradition
- The Mail, pp. 10-11
- Goings On About Town, pp. 12-32
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 33-35
David Helfgott lessons; rabbinical reasoning and Al Gore; etc.
- Dept. of First Principles: The Iron Law of Stardom
Louis Menand
, pp. 36-39 Why we need the Academy Awards this year and every year
- Annals of Law: Victim Power
Jeffrey Toobin
, pp. 40-43 How the survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing are challenging the legal system
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Annals of Moviemaking: Godfatherhood (Review) Michael Sragow
, pp. 44-45 Directing a film that changes Hollywood, as "The Godfather" did twenty-five years ago i...
- The Godfather (1972 Film) by Francis Ford Coppola
- "At Moorditch"
Richard Wilbur
, pp. 46-53 - A Reporter at Large: Unarmed Warriors
Michael Ignatieff
, pp. 54-61 The Red Cross was founded on the idea that even in war there are rules. But what if no ...
- "227 Waverly Place"
W.S. Merwin
, pp. 62-71 - Fiction: "Two Stories"
Ida Fink
, pp. 72-75 Before and after the old and the sick were taken away
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The Mystery of Dr. B (2 Reviews) Daphne Merkin
, pp. 76-81 The Creation of Dr. B, by Richard Pollak
- The Creation of Dr. B by Richard Pollak
- Bettelheim: A Life and a Legacy by Nina Sutton
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Montparnasse in Martinique (Review) John Updike
, p. 82 Texaco, by Patrick Chamoiseau
- Texaco by Patrick Chamoiseau
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Briefly Noted (4 Reviews) , p. 83 Dewey Defeats Truman, by Thomas Mallon
- Dewey Defeats Truman by Thomas Mallon
- Bayard Rustin: Troubles I've Seen by Jervis Anderson
- The Mansion on the Hill by Fred Goodman
- A Slender Thread by Diane Ackerman
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The Current Cinema (2 Reviews) Terrence Rafferty
, pp. 84-85 Manhunts
- City of Industry (1997 Film) by John Irvin
- The Daytrippers (1995 Film) by Greg Mottola
- The Theatre
John Lahr
, pp. 86-87 "A Question of Mercy," "One Flea Spare"
- Shouts & Murmurs
Bruce McCall
, pp. 88-90 Inside the Hollywood Hellhole
- Cover: The Big Night
Lawrence Mynott
