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Spring 1999 Issue - 13 Articles- Still the Land of Opportunity?
Isabel V. Sawhill
, pp. 3-17 - Thinking about Parent and Child
James Q. Wilson
, pp. 18-29 - How to Save our Shrinking Cities
Witold Rybczynski and Peter D. Linneman
, pp. 30-44 "The Shape of the River": Two Views
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The Case for Racial Preferences (Review) Nathan Glazer
, pp. 45-63 The Shape of the River, by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok
- The Shape of the River by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok
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California After Racial Preferences (Review) Martin Trow
, pp. 64-85 The Shape of the River, by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok
- The Shape of the River by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok
- Doing it Right
James J. Heckman
, pp. 86-107 Job Training and Education
Debating WIC
- --- by Leighton Ku, pp. 108-111
- A Reply
Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis
, pp. 112-117 Books in Review
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An American tragedy (Review) Alvin Kernan
, pp. 118-123 A Dream Deferred, by Shelby Steele
- A Dream Deferred by Shelby Steele
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Multicultural illiteracy (Review) Kay S. Hymowitz
, pp. 124-128 Losing Our Language, by Sandra Stotsky
- Losing Our Language by Sandra Stotsky
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Fixing Social Security (Review) Timothy Taylor
, pp. 129-132 Privatizing Social Security, by Martin Feldstein
- Privatizing Social Security by Martin Feldstein
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Statistical jargon (Review) Charles Murray
, pp. 133-135 The Politics of Large Numbers, by Alain Desrosieres
- The Politics of Large Numbers by Alain Desrosieres
- Contributors, p. 136
