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 Vol. 123 Issue 003 (February 9 1996)
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Vol. 123 Issue 004 (February 23 1996)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 Correspondence
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Hogan, Lawrence D.; BURKHART, MARIAN; KRUSE, ELLA; RIGA, PETER J.; CUSHING, DAVID; SETZLER, JOSIE; DEHNER, EUGENE; PAGE, BROTHER THOMAS MORE; J., Richard A. McCormick, S.; Komonchak, Joseph A.
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CORRESPONDENCE To the Editors Blaming the pope I respond to your editorial, "Respon-sum dubium" [December 1,1995], in the light of a moving passage from Paul's letter to the Colossians, heard...
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Editorial Two families
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Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien
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Two families Hast month's two-hour "Frontline" (PBS) documentary, "Murder on 'Abortion Row,'" was a powerful presentation of yet another chapter in the nation's anguished struggle over abortion....
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Et cetera More sinister than fluoridation
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ET CETERA MORE SINISTER THAN FLUORIDATION - The most popular film at this year's prestigious Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, was Care of the Spitfire Grill, a drama about spiritual...
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Where 'Frontline' failed
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McComish, Barbara S Thorp, Frances X Hogan, Madeline
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Where 'Frontline' Failed Excerpt from letter to David Fanning, Executive Producer, "Frontline," WGBH, February 9,1996. ...As women who have served for many years, and who continue to serve, in...
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Perspective on welfare
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McCloskey, Liz
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LIZ McCLOSKEY PERSPECTIVE ON WELFARE Nobody goes it alone For reasons that may seem far removed from politics (and maybe a little convoluted) I find myself beginning 1996 with a fresh perspective...
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The media vs the people
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McCarthy, Abigail
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OF SEVERAL MINDS ABIGAIL MCCARTHY THE MEDIA VS. THE PEOPLE Please tell us what we need to know Should I continue to boil my water? I haven't been able to find the answer in my community...
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Conversation in black & white What happens when twelve people meet on nine Saturdays to talk about race? The answer may surprise you
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Franklin, Robert
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Robert Franklin CONVERSATION IN BLACK & WHITE Let's talk race Because of increased racial tensions in the United States, last year President Bill Clinton called for a national dialogue to...
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Tints and Shadings
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deVito, E B
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E.B. de Vito Tints and Shadings "With him," I overheard some one say, "Everything is either black or white," I thought of Van Gogh saying, "Franz Hals has no less than twenty-seven shades of...
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THE ERA OF 'BIG' GOVERNMENT A capitalist society depends on noncapitalist values in order to hold together and prosper If Newt Gingrich and his allies think America's problem is government, they misunderstand the past and misread the future
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Jr, E J Dionne
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THE ERA OF 'BIG' GOVERNMENT Why you'd miss it if it went E. J. Dionne, Jr. The new radicalism in American politics, exem- plified by the Republican Contract with America, means that the debate in...
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IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
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Martin, T R
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IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS Sources of American discontent T. R. Martin With few exceptions, human beings want to improve their material welfare; to own more goods, live in more comfortable housing,...
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Leaving Las Vegas Dead Nan Walking Our reviewer illuminates the difference between kitsch and art while judging the movie made of Sister Helen Prejean's Dead Man Walking both brilliant and disturbing
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Alleva, Richard
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Richard Alleva DEATH TRIPS 'Leaving Las Vegas' & 'Dead Man Walking' In Leaving Las Vegas, Nicholas Cage plays Ben, a Hollywood scriptwriter who, upon being discharged for drunkenness, uses his...
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City Life by Witold Rybczynski
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Elie, Paul
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BOOKS Let us now praise America's malls City Life Urban Expectations in a New World Witold Rybczynski Scribner,$23,256pp. Paul Elle although his books are shelved in the architecture section,...
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Reason to Believe by Mario Cuomo
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Duffy, James
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CUOMO ON THE CONTRACT Reason to Believe Mario Cuomo Simon & Schuster, $21,191 pp. James Duffy New York Democrats, when they have put pen to paper, have often enhanced our understanding of...
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Albert Speer by Gitta Sereny
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Vish, Donald H
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THE ALLURING FACE OF EVIL Albert Speer His Battle with the Truth Gitta Sereny Knopf, $35,757 pp. Donald H. Vish The face of evil is the face of Dorian Gray: attractive, alluring, fascinating,...
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The Diaries of Dawn Powell edited by Tim Page
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Keen, Suzanne
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A WRITER'S LONG LAMENT The Diaries of Dawn Powell Edited and with an introduction by Tim Page Steerforth Press, $32,512 pp. Suzanne Keen The author of fifteen novels, including the recently...
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Poet's Book of Psalms edited by Laurance Wieder
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Thibodeau, Ralph
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IN BRIEF Poets' Book of Psalms Laurance Wieder, compiler and editor HerperSanFrancisco, $25,311 pp. Suzanne Keen, a frequent Commonweal contributor, teaches English at Washington and Lee...
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Religion Booknotes
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Cunningham, Lawrence S
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RELIGION BOOKNOTES Lawrence S. Cunningham Books on monasticism are a particular weakness of mine, so it was with plea-sure that I read this history of Camaldoli, translated from the Italian....
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Race & anger
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Thompson, Cliff
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THE LAST WORD RACE & ANGER Cliff Thompson In June 1983, when I was between my sophomore and junior years of college and was in search of summer work, I called a number listed in the newspaper and...
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