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Vol. 030 Issue 001 (January 1 1997)
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••Cover Page••
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The Continuing Crisis
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THE CONTINUING CRISIS Sadsack Hillary; Jacko heats up; I am a camera 0 I 2 0 8 Early November witnessed the final mewlings of the tedious 1996 presidential race, certainly the most mindless...
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Correspondence
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CORRESPONDENCE Borked I write to dissent from the derisive review by Wall Street Journal theater critic Donald Lyons of Robert H. Bork's book, Slouching Towards Gomorrah, that you published in...
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On the Prowl
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0 N THE PROWL The West Huang When the Democratic National Committee made much of its post-election furloughing of ace fundraiser John Huang, it failed to mention that it gave Huang a six-figure...
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Editorials: The CIA's Lawyerly Balderdash / A Special Relationship
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
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EDITORIALS by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. The CIA's Lawyerly Balderdash London Recent leading stories in the British newspapers have concerned a member of the Tory government caught lying to...
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Capitol Ideas: First Things First
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Bethell, Tom
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CAPITOL IDEAS by Tom Bethell First Things First F first Things, a New York–based monthly magazine, caused a stir with a recent symposium. Quite an achievement. Normally, such abstractions indulge...
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Twisting Erskine Bowles
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York, Byron
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hen Bill Clinton announced the resignation of Leon Panetta, he paid lavish tribute to his departing chief of staff. "He has become my great friend," the president said, "more than my...
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A Freedom Lover in Mesa, Arizona
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Corry, John
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Mesa M esa, Arizona is all beige, brown, and tan, a city of some 340,000 that keeps growing. Phoenix is west, and the desert is east, and Mesa has reflections of both: the high-rise Bank of America...
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Hell to Pay
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Borders, Rebecca
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TO PAY BY REBECCA BORDERS DAVID WATKINS, BILL CLINTON'S LONGTIME FRIEND AND AIDE, WAS THE WHITE HOUSE'S DESIGNATED FALL GUY IN THE TRAVEL OFFICE SCANDAL AND MUCH MORE. DISGRACED AND EMBITTERED,...
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Anyone for RICO?
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Anyone for RICO? Once again, as a public service, we consult with our lawyers at Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish & Short to determine which laws the Clinton crowd has broken now. 0 xcept for a...
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Culture Vultures: Fergie Something
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Steyn, Mark
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CULTURE VULTURES by Mark Steyn Fergie Something A few years ago, Radio One, Britain's national pop music station, announced that, on the next week's breakfast show, the special live studio guest...
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Presswatch: Hiss America
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Corry, John
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PRESSWATCH by John Corry Hiss America T he press reported the death of Alger Hiss at age 92 with what surely had to be a feeling of relief. He had long been a burden, especially to the prestige...
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Politics: House Sweet It Is
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Norquist, Grover G.
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POLITICS by Grover G. Norquist House Sweet It Is On election day the Democratic Party lost what it wanted most: the House. In recent years the Democrats have learned to survive the periodic loss...
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The Nation's Pulse: Kansas Clean Sweep
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Neumayr, George
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THE NATION'S PULSE by George Neumayr Kansas Clean Sweep A day before the November election, Newsweek, reporting on conservative House freshman Sam Brownback's Senate race against Jill Docking,...
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Ben Stein's Diary: It's My Money
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Stein, Benjamin J.
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BEN STEIN'S DIARY by Benjamin J. Stein It's My Money Wednesday 0 ooh, this is good. I'm over here in Burbank in a little conference room. We're having a run-through for a show that Disney is...
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Constitutional Opinions: Formula 209
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Eastland, Terry
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CONSTITUTIONAL OPINIONS by Terry Eastland Formula 209 0 n Election Day, California voters approved Proposition 209, also known as the California Civil Rights Initiative, making unconstitutional...
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The Public Policy: Christy on the Brink
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Rabkin, Jeremy
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THE PUBLIC POLICY by Jeremy Rabkin Christy on the Brink E ditorial writers—and too many legal scholars —will salute a court ruling as a "landmark" whenever they agree with it. But a real landmark...
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Eminentoes: The Payoff
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Gold, Victor
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EMINENTOES by Victor Gold The Payoff I can't imagine why Harold Ickes, Junior, thought the president he helped re-elect would appoint him White House chief of staff, but was hardly surprised when...
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The Talkies: Come Rain or Come Shine
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Bowman, James
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THE TALKIES by James Bowman Come Rain or Come Shine E ven the title of The Mirror Has Two Faces by Barbra Streisand is a lie. The mirror only has one face. It is she who is supposed to have...
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His Holiness
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Bernstein, Carl; Politi, Marco
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BOOKS IN REVIEW The Most Modern of Men His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi Doubleday / $27.50 /582 pages REVIEWED BY William McGurn I...
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Big Fat Lies
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Gaesser, Glenn A.
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One Nation Under Blob: What's Gotten Into Us? ease, writes Gaesser, a very thin associate professor of exercise physiology and associate director of the adult fitness program at the University of...
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The Unknown Lenin
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Pipes, Richard
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The Rat in the Hat The Unknown Lenin: From the Secret Archive Edited by Richard Pipes Yale University Press 204 pages / $27.50 REVIEWED BY Joseph Shattan he Unknown Lenin is a misleading...
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PBS: Behind the Screen
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Jarvik, Laurence
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Profits of Boredom: Why PBS Won't Go Away PBS: Behind the Screen Laurence Jarvik Forum / 336 pages /$25 REVIEWED BY Francis X. Rocca 0 ne afternoon in first grade, a girl on the school bus...
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Life Is Not a Rehearsal
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Brudnoy, David
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Life Is Not a Rehearsal David Brudnoy Doubleday 1299 pages / $22.95 REVIEWED BY Matthew Scully I t's been two years since David Brudnoy, the popular radio host and conservative writer, turned up...
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Rebecca West
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Rollyson, Carl
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Nothing Like This Dame Rebecca West: A Life Carl Rollyson Scribner /511 pages / $35 REVIEWED BY Christopher Caldwell R ebecca West was born early enough to join in dinner-table arguments over...
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Current Wisdom
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Jackasses, Assorted
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CURRENT WISDOM MSNBC InterNight The new secretary of state, Tom Brokaw, picks up where Warren Christopher left off: We always welcome you in this country, Mikhail Gorbachev. We're especially...
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Last Call: The New Parisian Look
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York, Byron
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LAST CALL by Byron York The New Parisian Look Y WIFE AND I WENT TO PARIS in late fall to celebrate M our anniversary. It happened that we were there for what the New York Times called "a great...
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