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Vol. 030 Issue 003 (March 1 1997)
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••Cover Page••
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The Continuing Crisis
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A beefy Canadian, a frugal gourmet; deer old England During January not a week went by without new scandalous revelations that the White House lies (in "Dribs and Drabs," as the Washington Post...
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Correspondence: First Things, Gary Aldrich &c.
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If the Shoe Fits I puzzled at first over the shoe laces on Bill Clinton's left foot in Bill Nelson's illustration for your January 1997 issue. Could the skewed lacing be a mistake? No, in such a...
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On the Prowl
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Bonior Wins? Embattled Newt Gingrich is telling friends and advisers that he might step aside as Speaker, if Republicans can achieve a "historic" budget agreement that would allow him a victorious...
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Editorials: Kim Jong Clinton / Hats Off to Jerry
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
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Kim Jong Clinton I do not know about you, but as I listened to Our President intone the familiar inanities of his inaugural speech I thought— rather affectionately— of Mr. Kim Jong II,...
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Capitol Ideas: Memorials are Made of This
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Bethell, Tom
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by Tom Bethell Memorials Are Made of This They're close to completing the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington. It is an exercise that has been going on for so long, inching forward...
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The Alexis Nexus
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York, Byron
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Herman didn't just sit in on the gatherings; she helped arrange some of the more than loo "coffees" that were at the heart of Bill Clinton's plan to use the White House as the main fundraising tool...
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All Roads Lead to China
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Timmerman, Kenneth R.
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John Huang was a main cog in a White House-DNC directed machine involving such men as Ira Magaziner and the mysterious Dr. Wang. I / I i 6 i 11141 . 111 iii' it irsonsok iipilamisomi he story...
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The Final Crash of Larry Case
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RingAdams, James
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THE ANAL CRASH Of LARRY CASE The demise of a wacky Little Rock private eye who used to spy on (and for) Bill Clinton and the Arkansas machine. w hen the Maumelle, Arkansas district court on a...
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Culture Vultures: Paint It Black
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Steyn, Mark
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by Mark Steyn Paint It Black The ebonification of approved American expression. After years of black actors' complaints that they're confined to domestic servant roles, leave it to Johnnie...
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The Nation's Pulse: Soccer Dads & Single Moms
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Tucker, William
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by William Tucker Soccer Dads & Single Moms sa t fall I looked at the roster of my L soccer team and couldn't believe it. Every kid had two parents! "That's not all," my wife noted. "Some of them...
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Presswatch: Unchained Melodies
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Cony, John
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by John Corry Unchained Melodies The Clintons feel under siege—from the little ol' rightwing press. In their hearts they must know who's right. C redit Mrs. Clinton for the honesty of her...
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The Smoke-Filled Room: Pictures at an Inquisition
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Hume, Sandy
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by Sandy Hume Pictures at an Inquisition had grown tired of the attack ads: "A Vote for (insert Republican candidate) is a Vote for Newt." Being depicted alongside the least popular politician...
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Politics: Lessons From the Inquisition
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Norquist, Grover G.
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by Grover G. Norquist Lessons From the Inquisition What the GOP found out about itself and the other guys. he Democrats' failed effort to They launched a month-long ethics T recapture the House...
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Ben Stein's Diary: It's Raining in My Heart
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Stein, Benjamin J.
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by Benjamin J. Stein It's Raining in My Heart New Year's Eve I t's drizzly and cool here in glorious L.A.—that means low 70's—but with a dreary fog. Still, a lot better than beloved Sandpoint....
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Constitutional Opinions: 1 Deactivate the Courts
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Eastland, Terry
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by Terry _Eastland Deactivate the Courts How Congress can lead a conservative counterattack. H ere is a rule with which to measure the io5th Congress: How will it fare against judicial activism?...
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Constitutional Opinions: 2 No Quick Fixes
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Rabkin, Jeremy
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by Jeremy Rabkin No Quick Fixes An indifferent public is no match for activist courts. Conservative commentators have been doing a fair bit of huffing against the Supreme Court in recent months,...
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The Wyoming Spectator: Chinook Winter
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Croke, Bill
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by Bill Croke Chinook Winter Subzero cold is no match for a warm melting wind. 2 0 Cody, Wyoming T o write about the weather, you have to be where the weather's interesting, or preferably...
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The Talkies: Ken and Kolya
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Bowman, James
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by James Bowman Ken and Kolya Branagh's histrionics lack Jan Sverak's velvet touch. N ow we know who put the "Ham" in Hamlet. Who else but Kenneth Branagh? His new, four-hour movie of the play is...
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Ashes of Glory
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Furgurson, Ernest B.
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Southern Discomfort Ashes of Glory: Richmond at War Ernest B. Furgurson Alfred A. Knopf /4/9 pages $30 REVIEWED BY Eddie Dean M ore than a half-century ago, on his pre-dawn stroll to the...
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Libertarianism: A Primer / The Libertarian Reader
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Boaz, David
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Will Libertarianism Be the Ideology of the 21st Century? Libertarianism: A Primer David Boaz Free Press / 314 pages /$23 The Libertarian Reader: Classic and Contemporary Readings From Lao-tzu to...
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Pearl S. Buck
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Conn, Peter
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Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography Peter Conn Cambridge University Press 468 pages / $34.95 REVIEWED BY Joseph Shattan N owadays Pearl Buck is remembered as an American novelist whose books...
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The Controversy of Zion / Jewish Power
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Wheatcroft, Geoffrey; Goldberg, J.J.
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Zionism's Triumph and Tragedy in Israel and the U.S. The Controversy of Zion: Jewish Nationalism, the Jewish State, and the Unresolved Jewish Dilemma Geoffrey Wheatcroft Addison-Wesley /352...
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The Collapse of Barings
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Fay, Stephen
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The Story of a Young Turk Who Wanted to Make It Big The Collapse of Barings Stephen Fay W.W. Norton /310 pages / $275o REVIEWED BY Marc Carnegie 0 n the weekend before Barings Bank collapsed...
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Current Wisdom
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Jackasses, Assorted
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New York Surprising confessions of an isolationist and skinhead, Tom Brokaw: What really distinguishes the broadcasts is Peter Jennings's continuing commitment to foreign news. Brokaw counters...
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Last Call: Wole Soyinka Land
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Corry, John
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by John Gorry Wole Soyinka Land Lagos WO SOLDIERS DIED IN A BOMB BLAST the day I arrived T here; there was an attempt to assassinate a leader of the anti-government opposition just before I...
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