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August 20, 2007 Issue - 20 Articles- Scrapbook, pp. 2-3
The Baghdad fabulist, the surge, etc.
- Casual
Joseph Epstein, ballboy
, p. 4 - Editorial, pp. 5-6
The Audacity of Shallowness
Articles
- Rudy and the Commitments
Matthew Continetti
, p. 7 - President Putin's Third Term
Reuben F. Johnson
, pp. 8-9 - The Afghan Grassroots
Ann Marlowe
, pp. 10-11 - Bagehot's Playbook for Bernanke
Irwin M. Stelzer
, p. 12 - The Libel Tourist Strikes Again
Duncan Currie
, pp. 13-14 - Bankrupting Florida
Eli Lehrer
, pp. 15-16 Features
- Bam!
Victorino Matus
, pp. 17-26 Making sense of America's celebrity-chef culture
- Troopergate, New York-Style
Michael Goodwin and Fred Siegel
, pp. 27-31 Eliot Spitzer's character problem
- The KGB's Man in Copenhagen
Lars Hedegaard
, pp. 32-34 Denmark's Cold War files are finally being opened, to widespread dismay
Books & Arts
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In Chaucer's Shadow (Review) C. David Benson
, pp. 35-36 Chaucer and Langland, by John M. Bowers
- Chaucer and Langland by John M. Bowers
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Women at Work (4 Reviews) Jennifer Roback Morse
, pp. 37-38 The Feminine Mistake, by Leslie Bennetts
- The Feminine Mistake by Leslie Bennetts
- Off-Ramps and On-Ramps by Sylvia Ann Hewlett
- Get to Work by Linda R. Hirshman
- The War Between the State and the Family by Patricia M. Morgan
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Unconsummation (Review) Michael Weiss
, pp. 39-40 On Chesil Beach, by Ian McEwan
- On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
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Light in August (Review) Richard B. Frank
, pp. 41-42 Hiroshima in History, by Robert James Maddox
- Hiroshima in History by Robert James Maddox
- Remember Elvis
Martha Bayles
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Boys Behaving Badly (Review) John Podhoretz
, pp. 46-47 Superbad (2007 Film), by Greg Mottola
- Superbad (2007 Film) by Greg Mottola
- Parody, p. 48
Tommy Lasorda, CEO
- Cover
Gustavo Caballaero